Wendell Ansel Biggers
MilitaryUSAAF Photo.
Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Cheif
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Nicknames: Patches
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Creek County, OK | 10 September 1920 | Son of Walter and Elzora [Jackson] Biggers. |
Enlisted |
San Diego, CA | 18 July 1942 | San Diego, California |
Other Commisioned |
6 September 1943 | ||
Other Discharged USAAF |
6 January 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Oregon | 17 July 2007 | Salem, OR |
Buried |
Guaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos, Los Alamos County, NM | 22 July 2007 | Guaje Pines Cemetery Los Alamos, Los Alamos County, New Mexico |
Buried |
City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, OR | Memorialised City View Cemetery Salem, Marion County, Oregon | |
Based |
Watton | Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishing, 2011. page 113 & 177.
Aerial Intelligence for the 8th Air Force, pg 57 (photo) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia