William Fredrick Igou

Also known as "Billy Fred" He was the son of Fred W. and Ruby (Chisolm) Igou * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 10 MEMBER CREW (6 KIA) (4 POW) Pilot: 1Lt. George B Keck, KIA Co-Pilot: 2Lt. Raymond A Gaither, KIA Navigator: 2Lt. William O. Juart, POW Bombardier: 2Lt. Arthur R. Bryant, POW Radio Operator: TSgt. Frank H. Hollingsworth, KIA Top Turret: TSgt. Milton J. Deville, POW Ball Turret: SSgt. William D. Wolven, KIA Tail Gunner: SSgt. William F. Igou, POW Flexible Gunner: SSgt. Walden A. Hughes, KIA Flexible Gunner: SSgt. Theodore Paduch, KIA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Boeing B17F Flying Fortress Serial#: 42-30104 384th Bombardment Group 547th Bomb Squadron Missing Air Crew Report #286 Date: Aug 12, 1943 Mission: Synthetic Gas Refinery Destination: Gelsenkirchen, Germany Plane was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed in Haus Oelgarten, a district of the city Hennef in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia. Haus Oelgarten consists of only two houses on a wooded hill between the villages of Hennef Geistingen and Dambroich. *************************************** German KU Report Taken prisoner, wounded. Location: In a field hospital. Shot down by: Pilot: Lt Kurt Ibing Unit: Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1/4) Aircraft: Focke-Wulf (Fw 190A-6) *************************************** POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 *************************************** DISCREPANCIES REGARDING B17 AIRCRAFT ID: ID#42-30104 on Missing Air Crew Report IS#42-3104 on numerous websites *************************************** Info contributed by Jen Sources: Sources: MACR report 286 and research *************************************** _____________________________________________