George B Wilkinson Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, as an extra Co-Pilot on board B-24 41-23729. Aborted over Mediterranean due to No. 4 engine failure.
Wilkinson was killed in Action on B-24 41-23711 'Jerks Natural'. The aircraft was damaged over Austria on mission to Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory and crashed in Yugoslavia on 1-Oct-43. MACR 3301.
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06146405
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20149158
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on Ploesti raid on 1 Aug 43. |
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Died |
Yugoslavia | 1 October 1943 | 'Jerks Natural' was damaged over Austria on mission to Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory and crashed in Yugoslavia on October 1st, 1943. KIA. MACR 3301. |
| Amsterdam, New York | |||
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Born |
Son of George B Wilkinson Sr. | ||
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Buried |
Saint Marys Cemetery Fort Johnson, Montgomery County, NY | Memorialised Saint Marys Cemetery Fort Johnson, Montgomery County, New York, USA. | |
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Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 1 October 1943 | 328th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. |
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster
