Harold Delroy Wildrick
Military
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UPL 43632
B-17 42-31035 'Hang The Expense' with Frank Valesh crew and groundcrew.
Rear L-R: T/Sgt John Mytko, 2Lt John R. Johnson, 2Lt Frank E. Valesh, 2Lt Maurice Zetlan, 2Lt John E. Booth, S/Sgt Paul J. Carbone, Sherman M. Nelson.
Front L-R: Nels O. Davidson, Unkn, Unkn, S/Sgt Roy Urich, S/Sgt Herschel H. Broyles, J.C. Sambrailo, Cpl Ernest m. Jordon, M/Sgt Harold C. Wildrick.
Rear L-R: T/Sgt John Mytko, 2Lt John R. Johnson, 2Lt Frank E. Valesh, 2Lt Maurice Zetlan, 2Lt John E. Booth, S/Sgt Paul J. Carbone, Sherman M. Nelson.
Front L-R: Nels O. Davidson, Unkn, Unkn, S/Sgt Roy Urich, S/Sgt Herschel H. Broyles, J.C. Sambrailo, Cpl Ernest m. Jordon, M/Sgt Harold C. Wildrick.
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Valesh crew chief. ETD
Awards: LOM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hang The Expense
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Our Gal Sal
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Mike
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Luzerne, Monroe County, PA | 1 November 1915 | Son of William and Maude [Robbins] Wildrick. |
Enlisted |
Fort George G Meade, MD | 23 February 1942 | Fort George G Meade Maryland |
Other Discharged USAAF |
10 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Pocono Pines, PA | 22 August 1996 | |
Buried |
Pocono Lake Cemetery, Pocono Lake, Monroe County, PA | 25 August 1996 | Pocono Lake Cemetery Pocono Lake, Monroe County, Pennsylvania |
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp