William Stone Wiseman

Military

Assigned to 84FS, 78BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: BS (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Mickey II
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 391st Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Shelbyville, TN 3 September 1917 Son of Clarence Stone Wiseman.

Enlisted

Fort Oglethorpe, GA 23 December 1941 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Other

Marriage

Whittlesford, Cambridge, England 3 May 1945 Married Peggy Teresa Bedford, Whittlesford, Cambridge, England.

Died

9 February 1986

Buried

Lynchburg Cemetery Lynchburg, Moore County, TN 12 February 1986 Lynchburg Cemetery Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee

Based

Duxford Assigned to 84FS, 78BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book Duxford Diary by the Duxford Aviation Society, 1989 edition