World War II Honoree

Henry B. Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Major. He was aboard a B-17 ‘Flying-Fortress’ Bomber as a passenger, assigned to the First Bomber Division, an element of the U.S. 8th Air Force ‘Mighty Eighth’ Army Air Forces. His unit was based at the Alconbury Royal Air Force Station Location: Huntingdon, England. Tuesday, September 14, 1943 he died in a non-battle training accident, when the pilot and crew departed Alconbury with four passengers on a flight to Turnhouse, Scotland. Due to cloud cover and poor visibility conditions, the Pilot was instrument flying, when the Bomber crashed into Skiddaw Mountain, near Keswick, United Kingdom. Personnel from a Graves Registration Company buried him in the Brookwood American Cemetery Brookwood, England. In the post-war era, this Airman’s family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at Arlington National Cemetery Location: Fort Myer Virginia. This American Patriot died in the line of duty.