Robert M Wilson
Military
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FRE 1479
Technical Sergeant Robert M Wilson, a waist gunner of the 388th Bomb Group in position inside a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Robert M Wilson? Richmond, Ind. 563 T/Sgt.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793780
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Second Chance
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Joho's Jokers
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Richmond, Indiana | 30 August 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, KY, USA | 16 December 1941 | |
Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 24 August 1943 - 29 January 1944 | |
Died |
Greensboro, NC, USA | 15 December 1967 | Cardiac Arrest |
Buried |
Greensboro, NC, USA | 18 December 1967 | Guilford Memorial Park • Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA |
Cabell County, WV, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html