James Francis Wildeman

Military
media-17047.jpeg UPL 17047 Crew #767
Richard E. Huyck Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward (CP), Tom Hicks (R/O), Richard Huyck (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: George Vazna (TG), Hudson Coombs (TTG), Tom McCue (NG), Ralph Welch (WG)

This crew completed 30 combat mission before the end of hostilities.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17047 - Crew #767 Richard E. Huyck Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward...

"Lt. Wildeman , who was, by the way, an ex-infantry officer attached to the JAG, was an attorney in civilian life. He was 27 years old. I liked and admired him. He was handsome and quite the ladies man, but unassuming and laconic. He gave me a quickie course in the Norden bomb sight. It was at night at 20,000 feet and bitterly cold. We were practicing bombing on the bomb range. I darned near missed the range, let alone hit the target!" - Robert L. Franklin, 19 year old navigator and crewmate

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard Ernest Huyck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-829485
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-40235

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Huckle de Buck
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron

44-50490

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Abel Mabel
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Barnesboro, PA 10 September 1917

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 5 November 1944 - 24 April 1945 Completed 30 combat missions

Died

Harrisburg, PA, USA 27 January 2000

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA, USA 30 January 2007 Resurrection Cemetery Harrisburg Dauphin County Pennsylvania, USA
Barnesboro, PA 15714, USA

Revisions

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Sources

466th BG Archives - unpublished wartime memoir of Robert L. Franklin.

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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 140

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 352

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