Wilmer Robert Goldinger

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-46164.jpeg UPL 46164 Morris F. Swavel Crew
390th BG - 568th BS - 8th AF
Standing Left to Right: Frank C. Bobrowicz (RO), William L. Walker (FE), Alec Gwazdosky (WG), Robert J. Gibbs (WG), James T. O'Brien (TG), Daniel J. Miller (BTG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Morris F. Swavel (P), Wilmer R. Goldfinger (CP), George Pietrucha (N), John Phelan (B)

Object Number - UPL 46164 - Morris F. Swavel Crew 390th BG - 568th BS - 8th AF Standing Left to Right: Frank C. Bobrowicz (RO), William L. Walker (FE), Alec Gwazdosky (WG),...

Wilmer Goldinger was Co-Pilot on board B-17 #42-39819, hit by Flak on return from the 13 April 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany. Ditched in the Channel/North Sea, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37661529
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679137
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17048953 at enlistment, then O-750294
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38427044
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Ashland, Wisconsin, USA 24 November 1915

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 7 August 1941

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Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel, approx 12 miles off the coast of Ostend, Belgium 13 April 1944 in the crash of B-17 #42-39819 in the Channel, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium His body was recovered after it floated ashore in France
Ashland, WI 1218 8th Avenue N

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 17 Grave 5 Normandy American Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery American Cemetery 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France

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MACR 3947
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
ABMC website

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Corrected KIA date in Bio

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MACR 3947

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3947 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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