Darnaby H Wilhoit
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 20762 - Flight Officer Darnaby H Wilhoit 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 29 May 1945 F/O Darnaby M Wilhoit and Lt Harold H Frederick were ferrying surplus aircraft to Speke Air Depot, Liverpool. He died when he crashed in the mountains south of Glossop, Derbyshire and became the last fatality of the 4th Fighter Group in WW II.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-812408
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Janis
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Versailles, KY 40383, USA | 22 December 1922 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 24 March 1945 - 29 May 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Killed Crash (KCR) |
Glossop, Derbyshire, UK | 29 May 1945 | Ferrying surplus aircraft to Speke Air Depot, Liverpool with Lt Harold H Frederick. They both died when they crashed in cloud-covered terrain and became the last fatalities of the 4th Fighter Group in WW II. |
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Buried |
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Buried |
Kentucky, USA | Re-Interred. |
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
