John Leroy Wilson

Military
media-40070.jpeg UPL 40070 SSgt. John "Skip" Leroy Wilson

"Skip" Wilson from family photos

Object Number - UPL 40070 - SSgt. John "Skip" Leroy Wilson

21 Sept 1943 accident on runway at Chipping Ongar in B26 41-31723 'Flying Ginny'

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Flying Ginny
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

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ContributorWillyman210
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JL Wilson is John Leroy Wilson from N Carolina. Enlisted in 1940. First served with the 47th Bomb Group in B-18.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 288

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