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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Robert Francis
Date of birth
26 October 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Cathay, Wells County, North Dakota
Hometown
Amador County, California

Military service

Service number
39836438
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
571st Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1943
Place of death
Westeraccum, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 8 52

Immediate family

Members
John Wilson (father)
Edna L. Wilson (mother)
Stanley A. Wilson (brother)
Leah V. Wilson (sister)
John P. Wilson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30223
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Rick-O-Shay
Destination: Emden, Germany
Mission: Bombing Industrial area
MACR: 1582

More information

S/Sgt Robert F. Wilson was employed at Berry Lumber Company Ltd.

He enlisted on 3 April 1942 in San Francisco, California.

The plane was shot down by Oblt Albin Meyer in a ME-410 A of ZG 26/5. The plane got in a spin and exploded.

It was the third mission of this crew.

S/Sgt Wilson was first buried at Post Cemetery in Wittmund, Germany.

S/Sgt Robert F. Wilson was next buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery, Ardennes, Belgium, Block S, Row 1, Grave 12.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.org, www.joebaugher.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Patootie, https://www.390th.org/