Wilbur F Cordell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 19 May 1944 in B-17 42-38026 'My Day'. Killed in Action.



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38026

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack, My Day
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

19 May 1944

Born

Warren, Ohio

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MACR 4815

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4815, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1262