William M Wilkie

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4440128 Killed in Action (KIA). His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40128

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

20 June 1944

Born

Utica, New York

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

https://www.abmc.gov/node/543488#.WZGTKU2WyM8

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR7075