Clayton Charles Wilkening
Military
Rear L-R: Unkn, 2Lt Grant E Conant, T/Sgt Garland Odell Meadows, T/Sgt Clayton C Wilkening.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Albert Lind, 1Lt Billie Allen Spivey, Capt Rex L Brudos, S/Sgt Herschel Austin Dailey, T/Sgt Ralph E Bonner.
Object Number - UPL 40243 - "Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24, somewhere in England. April 1944." Rear L-R: Unkn, 2Lt Grant E Conant,...
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Rex Brudos crew. 30 x combat mission. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Blondie's Folly
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rough Riders
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dusty's Double Trouble
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wurf'less
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hookem Cow/Betty/Stinky
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cook County, IL | 9 May 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 14 November 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Died |
Lincolnshire, IL | 26 April 2006 |