David L Wilson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: Capt Jack B. Fawcett, Maj Glyn F Shumake, Capt Donald Gamble, Capt Norman Nels Jacobsen, 1Lt Hobart H Steely
Front L-R: S/Sgt Francis H Stender, S/Sgt Norvile Vaughn, S/Sgt David L Wilson, T/Sgt Hugh N Bland, S/Sgt Norman M Clark, T/Sgt Richard G Scharch
Object Number - UPL 36975 - "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb...
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters prior to the IP and crashed WSW of Dinant, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G 42-97509 'Old Hickory'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2864
** Contradictory information in MACR states that he either:
1. Evaded along with co-pilot James C Burns till 14-Mar-44 and were captured in civilian clothing along with Belgian resistance, they were shot as spies. Or:
2. Was found with undeployed parachute on 14-Mar-44.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13086025 / O-803956
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Hickory
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Fort George G. Meade, MD | 6 September 1941 | |
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Other Baled out EVD / KIA |
14 miles SW Dinant, Belgium | 2 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt am Main in B-17 42-97509; A/C crashed 14 miles SW Dinant, Belgium. |
|
Other Evaded (EVD) |
Belgium | 2 March 1944 - 14 March 1944 | **Evaded with co-pilot James C Burns till 14-Mar-44 and were captured in civilian clothing along with Belgian resistance. |
|
Died |
Forzee, Belgium | 14 March 1944 | **Initially evaded, caught by Germans and shot as spy. |
|
Born |
Cumberland, Maryland, USA | Son of Joseph Howard and Neva Pearl Wilson. | |
|
Buried |
Re-Interred Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Plot G Row 7 Grave 21 | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 2 March 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Forzee, Belgium | Re-Interred by US army Forzee cemetery |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2864 / MACR 2864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
