World War II Honoree

William Chester Headley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Frankford Township, New Jersey

Honored By

500th Bomb Group Memorial Association

WAS THE RING GUNNER WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT ON Z SQUARE 47, 'ADAM’S EVE', OF THE 883RD SQUADRON ON A BOMBING MISSION OF THE NAKAJIMA AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN MUSASHINO NEAR TOKYO ON APRIL 7, 1945. REPORTS AT THE TIME WERE THAT THE PLANE WAS THOUGHT BE BROUGHT DOWN BY FLAK BEFORE THE TARGET. NO SMOKE OR FLAME WAS OBSERVED AND NO PARACHUTES. POST-WAR JAPANESE RECORDS REPORT THAT THE PLANE WAS RAMMED BY A SUICIDE PILOT.