Marvin Thrower Wilson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Tail Gunner - Guy C. Rogers Crew
458th BG - 754th BS
KIA - 6 March 1944
466th BG Historian
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Object Number - UPL 16198 - SGT Marvin Thrower Wilson Tail Gunner - Guy C. Rogers Crew 458th BG - 754th BS KIA - 6 March 1944
B-24H #42-52515 crashed W of Berlin after exploding in mid-air due to direct hits from flak over Berlin on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0747322
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ford's Folly
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 9 March 1921 | |
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Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium; Plot B, Row 38, Grave 46. | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Glindow, Werder (Havel), Germany | 6 March 1944 | Marvin volunteered for military service in World War II right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served in the 8th U.S. Army Air Forces, 754th Bomber Squadron, 458th Bomber Group, Heavy, Crew #46. He was the Tail Gunner on a B-24 airplane and was killed on his first combat flight during the first air battle over Berlin. This was the first air mission over Berlin during WWII. He won a Purple Heart, but his family never received the medal. He is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupre, Belgium; Plot B, Row 38, Grave 46. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3351 / MACR 3351, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com, Rogers crew / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
