Wilkie Franklin Fuehrer

Military

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
B-26 Marauders, including (serial number 43-9701) of the 416th Bomb Group fly in formation.
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Thunderbird
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cross Plains, IN 29 November 1922

Enlisted

Louisville, Kentucky 18 January 1943

Other

416th BG Combat Tour

Melun Airfield, France 25 July 1944 - 24 April 1945 Began his tour at Wethersfield, UK and ended it at Laon, France.

Died

Indianapolis, Indiana 31 July 1994

Buried

Benham, IN 2 August 1994 Benham Church Cemetery Benham, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Versailles, IN Starr Route