Wilbur Holcomb Ford

Military
media-37510.jpeg UPL 37510 2nd Lt Wilbur H. Ford flew 10 missions, from 04/04/1945, mission #241, to 04/20/1945, mission #254. He served as a Pilot.

2nd Lt Ford served with the following crewman: Sgt Clarence Bailey, Sgt Francis F. Burns, 2nd Lt Charles E. Davis, Sgt Charles B. Dick, Sgt William L. Englett, Sgt George Hansen Jr., Sgt William E. Karre, 2nd Lt Terence B. McArron and Sgt Philip L. Moody Wilbur Ford

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Object Number - UPL 37510 - 2nd Lt Wilbur H. Ford flew 10 missions, from 04/04/1945, mission #241, to 04/20/1945, mission #254. He served as a Pilot. 2nd Lt Ford served with...

Wilbur was born 6-Jan-17 and died 27-Jan-10 at the Audie Murphy Veterans Memorial Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. He flew 10 x missions over Germany during WWII and his co-pilot was Terence Bennett McArron.



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

People

Clarence C Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Francis F Burns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier

Charles E Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Barbre Dick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Waist Gunner

William Luther Englett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

43-37706

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Satan's Chillen
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6132

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snicklefritz
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-R, 401BG.' A veteran has handwritten on reverse: 'Winter of 1944. This plane's bombardier was my best friend in high school. We joined the aviation cadets together in fall of 1942. Plane is from the 486th Bomb Group. It was struck in the rear by another plane in formation and tail gunner fell to his death over Germany. The Germans buried him and sent ph

44-6146

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Cheezer
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

44-6313

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Budd's Dudds
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carrie B IV
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

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Born

6 January 1917 Son of William Claude and Harriett Elima [Wood] Ford.

Died

San Antonio, TX 27 January 2010

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Book 'Kadet',

http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=115 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Wilbur Holcomb Ford: Gallery (4 items)

The insignia of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 5164 - The insignia of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st...

Object number: UPL 28134 - Ford's Crew: Sgt. Clarence Bailey, Sgt. Francis F...

Object number: UPL 37487 - Wilbur Holcomb Ford (1917-2010)

Object number: UPL 37510 - 2nd Lt Wilbur H. Ford flew 10 missions, from 04/04...