World War II Honoree

Fred Willman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Tinley Park, Illinois

Honored By

Mary Jane

Relationship

Wife

ASSIGNED FOR DUTY TO THE 44TH BOMB GROUP, 8TH U.S. AIR FORCE USING B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS. STATIONED AT SHIPTON AIR BASE IN GREAT BRITAIN WHICH WAS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHEN UNIT ARRIVED. UNIT HAD VARIOUS DETACHMENTS THROUGHOUT NORFOLK COUNTY. HE WAS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE POLICE PATROL AND LATER ASSIGNED VARIOUS DUTIES AS A VOLUNTEER. UNIT MADE ONE BOMBING MISSION TO THE PLOESTI OIL FIELDS IN ROMANIA.