Truman C Wilder Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to B-17F #41-24510, 'Snoozy II' 306BG/419BS as a Waist Gunner; KIA 9-Oct-42 while on a mission to bomb the aircraft plants at Lille, France. The aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed near Nechin, Belgium.
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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: Snoozy II
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1942
- Official Description:
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Néchin, 7730 Estaimpuis, Belgium | 9 October 1942 | Killed in fighter attack |
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Born |
Dallas, TX, USA | ||
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Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE 69151, USA | Originally buried in the Southern Cemetery of Lille, France. After the war his remains were repatriated to the United States for Group Burial at the Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added a connection to the bomber mission of 9-Oct-42 mentioned in the "Summary biography".
Lee Cunningham 14-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 6706; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Reconciliation of duplicate entry by data ingest.
Lee Cunningham 24-Oct-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR)6706. Burial information "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
MACR 6706 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database