Robert Lloyd Wilmoth
Military
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UPL 39003
"A crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, poses for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England on 25 June 1944."
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Vincent Miller, T/Sgt Howard P Siegle, Sgt James A Burgess, Sgt Dale D Dorning, S/Sgt Harold L Willey, Sgt Robert L Wilmoth.
Front L-R: 2Lt Walter R Nielsen, 2Lt Rexford Feaster, 2Lt Hector A Kaufman, 2Lt Howard H Hamilton.
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Vincent Miller, T/Sgt Howard P Siegle, Sgt James A Burgess, Sgt Dale D Dorning, S/Sgt Harold L Willey, Sgt Robert L Wilmoth.
Front L-R: 2Lt Walter R Nielsen, 2Lt Rexford Feaster, 2Lt Hector A Kaufman, 2Lt Howard H Hamilton.
Evaded (EVD) Hit by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951
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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: Red Dragon
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennington Gap, Virginia, USA | 14 March 1923 | Son of Robert H and Ettie Jane [Franklin] Wilmoth. |
Enlisted |
27 January 1943 | ||
Other Evaded (EVD) |
France | 9 August 1944 | |
Other Discharged USAAF |
13 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Commerce, OK | 26 May 2001 | |
Buried |
Fairland Cemetery Fairland, Ottawa County, OK | 30 May 2001 | Fairland Cemetery Fairland, Ottawa County, OK |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7393 / MACR 7393; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database