Robert G Wighaman Jr

Military

Assigned May 1944



DFC/Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters; ETO Ribbon

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Crashed B-17 Bomber laying in field with the tail section broken off and the front in pieces. Tail shows a large letter C and the numbers 42-102670. There is a large tent in the background

42-102670

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Trenton, Mississippi 28 August 1918

Died

7 January 2001

Buried

Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Arlington, Texas

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter; Snetterton Falcons, pg 150