Robert Lloyd Wilmoth

Military
media-39003.jpeg 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.

Object Number - 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: ...

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

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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