Arden Dean Wilson

Military

Pilot, Wilson, A. crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down on 7 January 1944 in B-17 #42-3078 'Winsome Winn'. Mission #58 to the IG Farben plant in Lugwigshafen, Germany. MACR 1873. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.

Parkersburg, WV

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Units served with

381st Bomb Group

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

534th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Joseph F Connolly

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-739544
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

John Francis Embach

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36533448
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Robert J Geraghty

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12160072
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Anthony E Greco

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11031365
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

George Elmer Hawkins

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35208958
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-3078

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Winsome Winn
Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 100th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 178

Date: 7 January 1944

8th Air Force 176

Date: 5 January 1944

8th Air Force 174

Date: 4 January 1944

Technical Sergeant Edward Fee of the 91st Bomb Group enjoys a cup of coffee surrounded by his comrades at Bassingbourn after his final mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-27150 AC - HQ 8th AAF Photo Section, 20 Dec 1943. Ovation on Return. Congratulated on the completion of his tour of "Ops", T/Sgt. Edward Fee (holding cup), 30, of Charlestown, Mass., is surrounded by flying mates as he awaits interrogation. T/Sgt. Fee, holder of Air Medal and slated for the DFC, is aerial engineer of Fortres

VIII Bomber Command 161

Date: 22 December 1943

Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in

VIII Bomber Command 151

Date: 11 December 1943

Places

Stalag Luft I

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	68-100 Zagan, Poland	7 January 1944	Stalag Luft I
Born	Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

68-100 Zagan, Poland

7 January 1944

Stalag Luft I

Born

Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA

Revisions

Date24 Jan 2018 19:13:40

ContributorARowe95

Changes

Sources

ARowe95

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:55

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1873 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx, 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1873, 8th AF Losses