Blaine B Wilcox

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22260.jpeg UPL 22260 Blaine Wilcox - Glenwood, 401st BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 22260 - Blaine Wilcox - Glenwood, 401st BG, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by Flak over the target Politz in B-17 'IN-C' #42-31081 'Son of a Blitz'

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31081

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Son of a Blitz
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Glenwood, Iowa, USA 7 February 1918

Died

7 October 1944

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Police, Poland 7 October 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorWin Bryson
Changes
Sources

401st Bomb Group Mission 154 Report and Personnel IDPF.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9757 / MACR 9757,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2144">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2144> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 22260 - Blaine Wilcox - Glenwood, 401st BG, KIA