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Frederick August Wilkens (1919-2009) served as a draftsman with the 51st Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Group. He arrived in the UK in August 1942, and was based at Ramsbury, Wiltshire, where he drew airfields and dispersal areas. In November 1942, Wilkens moved to the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations, where his unit flew missions in support of the invasion of Tunisia, Sicily, Italy and Southern France until 1944.
Group
The Group trained with the Eighth Air Force flying from Ramsbury, Wiltshire. The Group was reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force on 14 September 1942. Its first mission was dropping paratroops into French North-West Africa, at Maison Blanche, Algeria on...
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF operational training station, Ramsbury was allocated while under construction to the Eighth Air Force as a transport base. Built during 1942, it had eventually three concrete runways, 28 pan and 24 loop hardstandings, and two T2...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | Cleveland, Ohio | 27 April 2009 |
| Based | Ramsbury | August 1942 – November 1942 |
| Died | Aurora, Ohio | 5 November 2009 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 November 2021 14:01:12 | Emily | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Objects pertaining to Frederick Wilkens were displayed in the American Air Museum until 2016, further information about his life and service can be found on Ancestry |
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