Wilbur Holcomb Ford
Military
2nd Lt Ford served with the following crewman: Sgt Clarence Bailey, Sgt Francis F. Burns, 2nd Lt Charles E. Davis, Sgt Charles B. Dick, Sgt William L. Englett, Sgt George Hansen Jr., Sgt William E. Karre, 2nd Lt Terence B. McArron and Sgt Philip L. Moody Wilbur Ford
Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron
Object Number - UPL 37510 - 2nd Lt Wilbur H. Ford flew 10 missions, from 04/04/1945, mission #241, to 04/20/1945, mission #254. He served as a Pilot. 2nd Lt Ford served with...
Wilbur was born 6-Jan-17 and died 27-Jan-10 at the Audie Murphy Veterans Memorial Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. He flew 10 x missions over Germany during WWII and his co-pilot was Terence Bennett McArron.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17122587
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: RCM Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-783673 T43 440
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner; Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Larry
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 8 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
- Date: 5 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
6 January 1917 | Son of William Claude and Harriett Elima [Wood] Ford. | |
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Died |
San Antonio, TX | 27 January 2010 | |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Book 'Kadet',
http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=115 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia