Wilmer A Plate

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media-50117.jpeg UPL 50117 LTC Wilmer Plate, 489th BG

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Object Number - UPL 50117 - LTC Wilmer Plate, 489th BG

30 Years in USAF. Maintenance Superintendent (Chief of Maint. )



Legion of Merit/ DFC/ AM/ GC

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

People

Sanford F Gaylord

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35530078
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Edmund Neal Myles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35699182
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner

Aircraft

42-94830

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Plate's Date
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bennett, Iowa 31 May 1919

Died

1 January 2019

Revisions

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AAM

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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The 8thAF NEWS Vol. 19 No. 1. March. 2019

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

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Object number: UPL 50117 - LTC Wilmer Plate, 489th BG