Wilmer Wallace Collins
Military
Object Number - UPL 34378 - 1st Lt Wilmer W Collins 336FS, 4FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 4 x kills (1 x Air, 3 x Ground). Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Post War: C/O 4080th HQ Sqn, 4080th Strategic Recon Wing (SAC) 1957, Retired from USAF Reserve at rank of Major Oct-61.
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Toombs County, GA, USA | 23 April 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA | 4 October 1940 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta GA |
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Based |
Debden | 17 November 1944 - 21 July 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Loughton IG10 3SW, UK | 1 April 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 10 April 1945 | Destroyed Me262 10-Apr-45. |
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Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 27 July 1945 | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
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Other Crashed |
1112 Ackerman Rd, San Antonio, TX 78219, USA | 3 December 1945 | Landing Accident Martindale Aux Fld, TX Cat BL damage 1Lt Wilmer W Collins, 3-Dec-45 PT-13D 42-17617 C 2532AAFBU |
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Died |
5 April 1970 | ||
| Lyons, GA 30436, USA | |||
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, VA |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_c…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83958333-wilmer-w-collins
http://aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Collins%2C+Wilmer+W&…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49169295/wilmer-w-collins
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_c…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83958333-wilmer-w-collins
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49169295/wilmer-w-collins
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_c…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83958333-wilmer-w-collins
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49169295/wilmer-w-collins
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
