Thomas Frederick Wilding
MilitaryAssigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13876.
Awards: AM (OLC), GC, EAME (2 battle stars), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19163446 / O-780619
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 30 March 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
- Date: 23 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chapmanville, West Virginia, USA | 28 October 1925 | Son of Thomas Joseph and Dixie Wilding. |
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Enlisted |
Charleston, WV | 13 September 1943 | Charleston, West Virginia |
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Died |
Wilsnack, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 KIA MACR 13876. |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thurleigh | 10 April 1945 | Assigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Leige, Belgium Plot D Row 7 Grave 8 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate - https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/210957
https://www.fold3.com/image/29433238
https://www.fold3.com/image/29433219
https://www.fold3.com/image/198303091
https://www.fold3.com/record/84223959-thomas-f-wilding
https://www.fold3.com/record/529857986-thomas-f-wilding
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361616/thomas-f-wilding
MACR 13876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database