John K Wilkins Jr
Military
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FRE 452
Radio mechanic Staff Sergeant Raymond Winterstein and crew chief Staff Sergeant Jeff Cadwell report to the pilot First Lieutenant John Wilkins on the condition of a 355th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'SHAEF Passed for publication 11 April 1945, photo number 405476' Printed caption on reverse: 'USSTAF FOTO BY SGT. EUGENE KAMMERMAN, # 6. Acting as cover for the observers, 1st Lt John K Wilkins Jr, from 1024 Chelton Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., destroyed a twin-engined Me-262 jet-propelled fighter. (Left to right) S'Sgt. Jeff Cadwell of 1084 James St., Memphis, Tenn., the crew chief, and the radio mechanic, S/Sgt Raymond A. Winterstein, from Ridgeley, Va., reports to their pilot on the condition of his aircraft.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Events
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