Claude James Wilson
MilitaryAssigned to 49TCS, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-supply mission to Carentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Crashed in swamp Kairtan, FR Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6013
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korea and Vietnam conflicts rising to Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group 49th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 November 1920 | ||
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Other Crash landed POW |
Cherbourg Peninsula, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Re-supply mission to Carentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Crashed in swamp Kairtan, FR Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6013 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 7 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Sunnyvalle, CA | 27 February 2003 | |
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Buried |
San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Santa Nella, Merced County, CA | San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Santa Nella, Merced County, CA | |
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Based |
Folkingham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 49TCS, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. |