Henry H Wilson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Nordhorn on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97447. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

334th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Earl John Broxup

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-686181
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-30120

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Patches
Unit: 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-30342

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron

42-31244

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-97447

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

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Places

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Atlanta, GA	25 May 1915
Buried	Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA		Westview Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Other Shot Down/Killed In Action	Brandlecht, Germany	10 February 1944
	Clarkdale, GA		8 Bathwell Street

Revisions

Date10 Aug 2020 00:35:09

Contributor466thHistorian

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106893925/henry-herbert-wilson
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/7205
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/004818429_…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:41

ContributorAAM