Sam R Wilkinson
Military
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UPL 36507
SGT Sam R. Wilkinson
Nose Gunner
Crew #717 - Daniel Harris Crew 466th Bomb Group collection
Nose Gunner
Crew #717 - Daniel Harris Crew 466th Bomb Group collection
Larry Wilkinson, son of Sam Wilkinson
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 684326
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
League City, Texas | 20 October 1924 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 22 March 1944 - 8 April 0194 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gneixendorf, Austria | 8 April 1944 - 4 March 1947 | Stalag 17b |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
near Brunswick, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Attacked by German fighters, knocking out #2 engine and starting a large fire in the bomb bay. The fire had caused the bail out alarm to go off at which time Wilkinson bailed out along with two others. Eventually all the crew were forced to bail out. There was one KIA (Slager) among the crew |
Died |
Galveston, Texas | 28 February 1980 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4876&h=1645342…
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 124
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3840 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database