WORLD WAR II
NB
Died when two large bombers crashed during routine training flight.
Son of William Arthur and Lela Smith Winkle. Paul married Madge Beth West on March 7, 1943.
ATLANTA - Two Georgians, Staff Sergeants, Arthur P. Wikle of Clarkesville and Andrew J. Alexander of Atlanta, were among 19 officers and enlisted men were killed when two four-engined bombers crashed Tuesday between Ruidoso and Capitan, New Mexico, the air base at Alamogordo, NM, announced yesterday.
The public relations office at Alamogordo also said that the crash, which occurred on a routine training flight, would be investigated by a board of army officers.
Sergeant Wikle is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Wikle of Clarkesville and was an aerial engineer. He entered the service in May 1942, and was graduated from the bombing and gunnery school at Wendover Field, Utah. Before entering the service he was a student at Clemson College.
Published in The Atlanta Constitution, June 17, 1943
#42-7146 Crew:
1LT Donald W Kaspervik, Pilot
2LT Ray E Ward, Co-Pilot
2LT John V Andrews, Navigator
2LT Bruce G Ellis, Bombardier
2LT Edward V Handy, Jr., Observer
SSGT Eldon F Ressler, Engineer
SSGT George L Scott, Gunner
SSGT Arthur P Wikle, Gunner
SSGT Allen J Alexander, Gunner
SGT Allen Chamovitz, Radio Operator
WORLD WAR II
NB
Died when two large bombers crashed during routine training flight.
Son of William Arthur and Lela Smith Winkle. Paul married Madge Beth West on March 7, 1943.
ATLANTA - Two Georgians, Staff Sergeants, Arthur P. Wikle of Clarkesville and Andrew J. Alexander of Atlanta, were among 19 officers and enlisted men were killed when two four-engined bombers crashed Tuesday between Ruidoso and Capitan, New Mexico, the air base at Alamogordo, NM, announced yesterday.
The public relations office at Alamogordo also said that the crash, which occurred on a routine training flight, would be investigated by a board of army officers.
Sergeant Wikle is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Wikle of Clarkesville and was an aerial engineer. He entered the service in May 1942, and was graduated from the bombing and gunnery school at Wendover Field, Utah. Before entering the service he was a student at Clemson College.
Published in The Atlanta Constitution, June 17, 1943
#42-7146 Crew:
1LT Donald W Kaspervik, Pilot
2LT Ray E Ward, Co-Pilot
2LT John V Andrews, Navigator
2LT Bruce G Ellis, Bombardier
2LT Edward V Handy, Jr., Observer
SSGT Eldon F Ressler, Engineer
SSGT George L Scott, Gunner
SSGT Arthur P Wikle, Gunner
SSGT Allen J Alexander, Gunner
SGT Allen Chamovitz, Radio Operator
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