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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- Date: 22 March 1945
- Date: 18 March 1945
- Date: 17 March 1945
- Date: 15 March 1945
- Date: 14 March 1945
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| 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
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361616/thomas-f-wilding
MACR 13876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database