Wilbur J Osterkamp

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-32566.jpeg UPL 32566 Wilbur J Osterkamp served as a pilot with the 388th Bomb Group. 388th Bomb Group collection

Link to 388th BGA website: http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=photoImage&id=388-P-I…

Object Number - UPL 32566 - Wilbur J Osterkamp served as a pilot with the 388th Bomb Group.

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97255, Killed in Action (KIA). Osterkamp's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97255

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 11 April 1944

Died

11 April 1944

Born

Oak Park, IL, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. 388th Bomb Group record airman's name as Wilbur V Osterkamp but I have given precedence to the middle initial recorded by the ABMC Tablets of the Missing: https://www.abmc.gov/node/541973#.WsSSSE2pXcs

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-OST02-... / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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ContributorIWMPM
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ABMC https://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WW…

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 3777 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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