Pierce Legare Wiggin
Military
Object Number - UPL 49751 - Lt Col Pierce L Wiggin, 4FG
Assigned to 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group from 12th Replacement Depot. Assigned to participate in Operation FRANTIC II, the Russia Shuttle mission. Succumbed to vertigo on climb out, spun in cloud and returned.
P-47 41-6541 caught fire upon landing due to apparent fuel leak. RTD.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Columbia, SC, USA | 22 May 1922 | Son of Pierce Legare and Susan Penelope [Stith] Wiggin. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 25 May 1943 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 14 January 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Spun in Cloud |
Europe | 21 June 1944 | Assigned to participate in Operation FRANTIC II, the Russia Shuttle mission. Succumbed to vertigo on climb out, spun in cloud and returned. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 26 November 1944 | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Hillsborough County, FL, USA | 22 September 1991 | |
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Buried |
Gardens of Memory Kinsey Houston County, AL | Gardens of Memory Kinsey Houston County, Alabama, USA. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- AccidentReports.com;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- 8th AF Losses
