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WILSON, Calvin Harding - Date of
birth
8 November 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Massachusetts -
Hometown
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11116628 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
700th Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 March 1945 - Place of
death
The farm of Walter Konerding outside Munster, Germany
Münster, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 21 | 24 |
Immediate family
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Members
Reuben J. Wilson (father)
Mary E. (MacFarlane) Wilson (mother)
Ernest A. Wilson (brother)
Hildegarde N. Wilson (sister)
Herbert W. Wilson (brother)
Helen E. Wilson (sister)
James N. Wilson (brother)
John L.A. Wilson (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-51223 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Münster, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 13618
More information
S/Sgt Calvin H. Wilson volunteered for the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 12 November 1942. He attended high school for 4 years and was a machinist before he enlisted.Surviving crew members presume that he was killed or injured when they were hit by anti aircraft artillery.
Six crew members were killed, three survived and were taken prisoner.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees
Photo source: Fred Muckhof, Boston Globe - 13 November 1942