William C Wixted

Military
media-7550.jpeg UPL 7550 SSGT William C. Wixted
Top Turret Gunner
Crew #627 - Oscar Weeklund Crew
466th BG - 786th BS

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7550 - SSGT William C. Wixted Top Turret Gunner Crew #627 - Oscar Weeklund Crew 466th BG - 786th BS

Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak and crashed near Britaigny on 6/25/44 in B-24 'Crippled Bitch' #4129371



POW

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690016
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Crippled Bitch
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA 25 August 1920

Other

Shot Down

Brétigny-sur-Orge, France 25 June 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 1 July 1944 - 15 May 1945 Stalag Luft IV

Died

4 October 2007

Buried

Wrightstown, NJ, USA 10 October 2007 Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery Wrightstown Burlington County New Jersey, USA Plot: F 4150

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6723 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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