William Collier joined the service on 21 Sept. 1943 at New Haven Conn. He was a resident of New Haven, Conn. Born in 1925, he had completed high school, was white, citizen and single at enlistment.

Corp. William Collier was aboard one of the 2 light Bombers that collided in a Training accident that happened in South Carolina on 15 Oct. 1944.

STATESIDE CRASH of TWO Light Bombers in Florence, South Carolina
1Lt. Joseph J. Brady was an Instructer at the Florence, SC Base
SIX men were Killed. DNB (Died Non Battle) 15 Oct. 1944

CPL William J. Collier ID: 31406253 Branch of Service: U.S. Army

Hometown: New Haven County, CT Status: DNB

William J. Collier BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Air Forces
HOMETOWN: Hamden, CT HONORED BY: Walter Edward Collier, Jr., Brother

Barbi Ennis Connolly, 57th Bomb Wing Historical Researcher (Lt Joe Brady was a Combat Veteran of the B-25 Mitchell in the Mediterranean). PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com Information also gathered by 57th BW History Team Member Patti Johnson.

William J Collier