Wilbur Floyd Whiting

Military

media-17350.jpeg UPL 17350 SSGT Wilbur F. Whiting (on right) lounging with an unidentified person at Attlebridge.
Whiting was a parachute rigger/repairman for the 466th BG.

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Object Number - UPL 17350 - SSGT Wilbur F. Whiting (on right) lounging with an unidentified person at Attlebridge. Whiting was a parachute rigger/repairman for the 466th BG.

In addition to his parachute duties, Whiting was a nose art artist, painting the nose art for "Lady Lightning" among others.

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Units served with

466th Bomb Group

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

472nd Sub-Depot

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Headquarters (466th Bomb Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Colonel Neal Creighton, General H.H. Arnold, Major General Henry J.F. Miller, and General Ira C. Eaker. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 3 Sept 1943.' [stamp], '34579.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US ARMY AIR FORCES OFFICIAL PHOTO. From left to right: Colonel Nel Creighton, of Chapel Hill, NC, Post Commander of Camp Griffiss, General H H Arnold, Major General Henry JF Miller, Commanding General of VIII Air Force Service Command, and General Ira C Eaker, commanding General of

VIII Air Force Service Command

Unit Hierarchy: Command
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

42-52597

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Lady Lightning
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Attlebridge

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

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Massachusetts, USA	31 January 1911
Died	Plymouth, MA, USA	24 December 2006
Buried	Weymouth, MA, USA	27 December 2006	Fairmount Cemetery Weymouth Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA
	Weymouth, MA, USA