Crumm, William Joseph, Maj Gen

POW/MIA

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major General

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1021A-Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1965-1967, 2, 3rd Air Division

Service Years
1941 - 1967

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Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1919

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Contact Info

Home Town Scarsdale	Last Address Andersen AFB, Guam
MIA Date Jul 07, 1967
Cause Non Hostile- Died while Missing	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location South China Sea	Conflict Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates 23E 026

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii with another memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

Other Comments:

The Arc Light Memorial at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is dedicated to the 75 men who lost their lives flying B-52 missions against Communist forces in Vietnam between 18 June 1965 and 15 August 1973. Called Arc Light missions, these almost daily sorties required crews on temporary duty from their home bases in the United States to fly B-52's each carrying up to 60,000 pounds of bombs. Operating from Andersen, U-Tapao Airfield, Thailand, and Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, they performed conventional bombing, direct air support, and interdiction missions.

This link will take you to the Guam Memorial

www.306thbw.org/306thhistory/history_GuamMemorial.htm

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1942-1944, B-17 Flying Fortress

From Year 1942	To Year 1944

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Image	B-17 Flying Fortress Details
	Aircraft/Missile Information Specifications Model Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Length 74.74 ft \| 22.78 m Width 103.74 ft \| 31.62 m Height 19.09 ft \| 5.82 m Engine(s) 4 x Wright Cyclone R-1820-97 radial piston engines generating 1,200 hp each. Empty Weight 36,136 lbs \| 16,391 kg MTOW 72,003 lbs \| 32,660 kg Max Speed 287 mph \| 462 km/h \| 249 kts Max Range 2,001 miles \| 3,220 km Ceiling 35,597 ft \| 10,850 m \| 6.7 miles Climb Rate 540.5 ft/min (164.7 m/min) Hardpoints 0 Armament 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered "belly" turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail gun position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left front "cheek" position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right front "cheek" position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left waist position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right waist position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in radio operator's midship position (removed on later models) 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered chin turret (later models) Maximum internal bombload of 7,983 kg (17,600 lbs). Accommodations 10 Operators United Kingdom and the United States of America.