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Personal info

Full name
WILK, David C
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-751510
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
749th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 June 1944
Place of death
Southeast of Paris, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 30

Immediate family

Members
Ebba I. (Hanson) Wilk (mother)
Ethel M. (Kite) Wilk (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97062
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Melun, France
Mission: Bombing of the airfield and supporting facilities
MACR: 5906

More information

2nd Lt David C. Wilk was an architect before he joined the National Guard in Chicago, Illinois on 5 March 1941.

The B-17 was damaged by fighters on the bomb run and then received a direct hit from flak in the cockpit and radio room. At about 0840hrs the aircraft exploded in mid-air at 12,000 feet crashed 1,000 yards north of Chapdeuil, southeast of Paris.

Lt Wilk was killed at his position.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kite Fox Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Union48 / Carolyn Deloach
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy