William Morris was born on 21st Jan 1922. When he died aged 22, he was only on his second mission from Great Ashfield.
He was standing in for Clarence McIlveen who had flown 17 missions, who was ill. B17 crew took the name of the pilot so the usual crew of the “Stars and Stripes” was “The McIlveen Crew”. William H Morris had flown the “Pistol Packin’ Momma” 42-2547 on the previous day, the 4th January to Kiel, a major port and production facility for U Boats.
William is buried at the Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery Lightburn, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA.
