Willard Warren Wahl

Military
media-29023.jpeg UPL 29023 SSgt Willard Wahl 4th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Object Number - UPL 29023 - SSgt Willard Wahl 4th FG

Crew chief 334th FS 4th FG 1943-45

Served in Korean and Vietnam

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-103292

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

42-106682

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

42-7890

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Boise bee
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
A damaged P-51 Mustang (QP-B) of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, flown by Captain Duane Beeson under repair inside a Nissen hangar, 5 March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'March 5, 1944. Capt. D. Beeson's flak-damaged QP-B in the Mobile Repair Unit Nissen hangar to patch it's tail feathers. Source - F. Bodner. 162 KP.'

43-6819

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Bee
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
The wreck of a P-51D Mustang (QP-B, 44-13372) of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, flown by of Lieutenant-Colonel James Clark after crash landing during a test flight by Lieutenant Willard G. Gillette. Official caption on image: "(33SGA168-1)(11-8-44) Crash - P-51D - #44-13372." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Aug. 11, '44. L/Col James Clark's 334 P-51D, crashed on test flt by Lt. Gillette. QP-B, 44-13372. Note small kills by canopy. Source - Woody Jensen.'

44-13372

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mohnton, PA 19540, USA 21 May 1920 Son of Irvin and Ethel M Wahl.

Enlisted

Allentown, PA, USA 5 August 1942

Based

Debden 5 January 1943 - 2 June 1945 Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Mohnton, PA 19540, USA 27 November 1999

Buried

Sinking Spring, PA 19608, USA Pleasant View Cemetery Sinking Spring Berks County Pennsylvania, USA

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/86876997_willard_w%20wahl/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/18495271_willard_w%20wahl/details/
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_w…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=176983009

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Sources

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Sources

'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr.' / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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