Wiley Clifton Windham

Military
media-15318.jpeg UPL 15318 B-24D Liberator - 42-40738 - The Oklahoman, and Crew :
Standing L- R
SSgt. George "The Greek" Triantafillos - Tail Turret Gunner - SSgt. George B. "Doc" Farrell - Radio Operator, replaced Sgt. Flatter - TSgt. C. Lowell Vick - Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner - SSgt. Wiley C. Windham - Right Waist Gunner - SSgt. Bernard H. Shelley - Ball Turret Gunner - SSgt. William L. Wilhelm - Left Waist Gunner


Kneeling L-R :
Lt. Robert C. "Bob" Schroeder - Bombardier - Lt. Eldon N. "Neil" Colby (with extra big smile) - Co-Pilot. Lt. Colby got his own crew and was shot down in the B-24H, 42-7766, Heavy Date, in late December, 1943, shortly after this photo was taken . He spent the remainder of the war as a POW, released 1945. - Lt. John C. "Jack" Martin - Pilot - Lt. Walter J. "Stabo" Stabrowski - Navigator

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Object Number - UPL 15318 - B-24D Liberator - 42-40738 - The Oklahoman, and Crew : Standing L- R ...

Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Involved in a mid-air collision with a UC-78 while returning from an operational mission on 15-Mar-44, B-24 42-100351 was able to land at Hethel. RTD.

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Laurel, Mississippi 17 August 1922 Born Yazoo County, Mississippi

Enlisted

Camp Shelby, Mississippi 28 May 1942 Enlisted Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Died

24 February 2014

Buried

Memory Gardens Cemetery, Mississippi 27 February 2014 Interred Memory Gardens Cemetery Jasper County, Mississippi

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 389th BG Roster

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