Harold Leon Wilson
Military
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UPL 18008
Crew #502
William E. Champney Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
The only people identified in the photo are:
Harold L. Wilson (G) - standing 2nd from left
Lloyd A. Goodale (B) - standing 4th from left
Gerald L. Barker (CP) - standing 5th from left
Clifford O. Anderson (N) - kneeling 4th from left
William E. Champney (P) - kneeling 5th from left
The other crew members were: Frank Peck, Leo Salts, William Barnett, William Summerlin, Kenneth Robinson and Manfred Stein
This crew was an original crew of the 466th BG and completed a 30 mission tour: 23 March 1944 - 23 June 1944
466th Bomb Group collection
William E. Champney Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
The only people identified in the photo are:
Harold L. Wilson (G) - standing 2nd from left
Lloyd A. Goodale (B) - standing 4th from left
Gerald L. Barker (CP) - standing 5th from left
Clifford O. Anderson (N) - kneeling 4th from left
William E. Champney (P) - kneeling 5th from left
The other crew members were: Frank Peck, Leo Salts, William Barnett, William Summerlin, Kenneth Robinson and Manfred Stein
This crew was an original crew of the 466th BG and completed a 30 mission tour: 23 March 1944 - 23 June 1944
466th Bomb Group collection
Christopher Wilson - Harold Wilsons great-nephew
DFC/Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster: Good Conduct; EAME Medal; WWII Victory Medal
Connections
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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 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Windsor, Colorado | 10 February 1921 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 23 March 1944 - 23 June 1944 | Completed a 30 mission tour |
Died |
Oklahoma | 2 December 1991 | |
Buried |
Laverne, Oklahoma | 5 December 1991 | Laverne Memorial Cemetery Laverne, Harper County, Oklahoma, USA Plot Plat 294 / Section 5 / Row 6 |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Chris Brassfield & Earl Wassom
page 68
info from Christopher Wilson, grand-nephew of Harold L. Wilson
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / relative