John Leroy Wilson
Military
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UPL 40070
SSgt. John "Skip" Leroy Wilson
"Skip" Wilson from family photos
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Flying Ginny
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
Revisions
ContributorWillyman210
Changes
Sources
JL Wilson is John Leroy Wilson from N Carolina. Enlisted in 1940. First served with the 47th Bomb Group in B-18.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
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