CPL William Henry Isley (1926-1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

Enlisted (14148665) in the Army Air Corps on 17 March 1944. Completed aerial gunnery training (MOS 611). Underwent B-29 aircraft transition and combat crew training at Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas.

Right Blister Aerial Gunner, B-29 Superfortress serial #42-65348, tail code: A-Square-16, 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 869th Bomber Squadron at Isely Airfield on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, Pacific Theatre of Operations.

MACR 14593

On 1 June 1945, A-SQ-16 was hit by AAA-flak over the target at Osaka, setting the #1 engine on-fire. According to a Japanese historian, tail #348 was subsequently shot down by fighters and crashed in a mountain south of Osaka, Japan.

World War II Honoree (wwiimemorial.com)

William H Isley