Avis Kenneth Wilson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48160 - S/Sgt Avis Kenneth Wilson, 389BG
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti, raid in B-24 42-40753 'Ole Kickapoo' 1-Aug-43; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 157
Awards: DSC, AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-666292
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
9 June 1920 | Son of Archie Davis and Gladys [Simpkins] Wilson. | |
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Enlisted |
8 July 1941 | Roanoke, Virginia | |
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Died |
1 August 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Ole Kickapoo' 42-40753 | |
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Buried |
Memorialised West View Cemetery Radford, Radford City, Virginia | ||
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot A, Row 32, Grave 27 | ||
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 157
