William R Gaylor Jr

Military

Object Number - UPL 37517 - Crew for Captain Robert H. Willis Top Row left to right: Willis, Burnett, Sunkel, Gaylor Bottom Row left to right: Marvin, engineer top turret;...

Member of Willis crew;
Remained an Air Force officer until 1972, retired as Lt. Colonel;
Was an Electronics Engineer for the Air Force;
Did the same job as a civilian after retiring.
Died February 1986.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Missions

794

  • Date: 15 January 1945

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944

715

  • Date: 16 November 1944

Places

Revisions

Date8 Jun 2018 02:37:30
Contributorcpgaylor
Sources

Son, Charles Gaylor (USA)

Date8 Jun 2018 02:28:28
Contributorcpgaylor
Sources

son, Charles Gaylor

Date17 May 2018 01:06:31
Contributorcpgaylor
Sources

He was my father.
Mission are from his combat diary, but most of January 1945 is not available. January 1945 information is from the 490th BG(H) Memorial organization.
Rotated out on or about 02-02-1945.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:37
ContributorAAM
Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

William R Gaylor: Gallery (1 items)

Object number: UPL 37517 - Crew for Captain Robert H. Willis Top Row left to...