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Wilbur F Vinson

Military

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Units served with

An FW 190 (00-L, serial number H-45) captured by the 404th Fighter Group at St Trond. Image via Harold. Written on slide casing: 'FW 190, 404 FG St Trond, 3/45.'

404th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

506th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-26245

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 404th Fighter Group

Places

Chipelle

Site type: Airfield

Aerial photograph of Winkton airfield looking south, the main runway runs vertically, 12 December 1946. Photograph taken by No. 82 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CPE/UK/1893. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Winkton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Montgomery, Alabama	22 October 1918
Enlisted	Fort McClellan, Alabama	7 June 1941	5'10" 158 lbs
Died	Normandy, France	26 July 1944	MIA
	Montgomery, Alabama		Fleming Road
Buried			No Known Grave Tablets of the Missing Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Revisions

Date24 Apr 2019 00:46:51

Contributor466thHistorian

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Sources

https://abmc.gov/node/545475
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=2069837…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56651078/wilbur-f-vinson