Wilber M Garr

Military

Assigned to 551BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Gibbons crew. 25 x missions. ETD

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.

 

Listed both as Wilber Cass and Wilber Gass - https://www.385thbga.com/records/database/

 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Frank Robert Gibbons

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 551st Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-828152
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mystic, Iowa 4 July 1922 BornMystic, Iowa

Enlisted

Peoria, Illinois 8 October 1942 EnlistedPeoria, Illinois

Died

Los Angeles, California 12 March 1999 DiedLos Angeles, California

Buried

Memphis Cemetery Memphis, Missouri 15 March 1999 InterredMemphis CemeteryMemphis, Missouri

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/653882333

https://www.fold3.com/record/62657849/wilber-m-garr-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/721645276/garr-wilber-m-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019

https://www.fold3.com/record/84446257/wilber-m-garr-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.385thbga.com/records/database/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47425275/wilber-m-garr

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139420738?objectPage=1065

 

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / unit history