Donald W Wilkinson

Military

Wilkinson served in the Air Force from January 1942 and was a member of the crew on 'Qualfied Quail' out of Bassingbourn with 401 Squadron 91st Bomber Group.



After the war he was an auto mechanic in business at City Service-Citgo station in Prairie du Sac and a founding member of the Sauk Prairie Trap and Skeet Club. He died December 12 2004 and was survived by his wife Vila and a total of eleven sons and daughters.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97851

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Qualified Quail
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

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Sources

Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Donald Wilkinson.