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