Darrel Dean Wilson

Military

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Gaston Fox crew. 23 x combat missions. Shot down 10-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3939





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Gaston Meredith Fox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802737
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Santa Ana, California 6 February 1922 Son of Robert W and Sadie A Wilson.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 17 March 1942 Los Angeles, California

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 10 April 1944 - 3 July 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Other

Baled out POW

3 miles W of Calais 10 April 1944 Shot down 10-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3939

Based

Deenethorpe 10 April 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/29638088
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84976061-darrel-d-wilson
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=389

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a connection to A/C #42-31511 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3939,

http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=389