Wilbur served as a Staff Sergeant & Radio Opertor / Gunner on B-24M #44-41809, 63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Yell County, Arkansas prior to the war.
B-24M #44-41809, while on a mission, ran low on fuel due to adverse weather conditions and had to ditch into the sea during the war.
Wilbur was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war. He was the only member of the crew of this B-24 that was lost.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18169028
Wilbur also has a "Cenotaph" in the Havana Cemetery, Havana, Arkansas.
( see family links below )
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Yell County, Arkansas prior to the war.
B-24M #44-41809, while on a mission, ran low on fuel due to adverse weather conditions and had to ditch into the sea during the war.
Wilbur was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war. He was the only member of the crew of this B-24 that was lost.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18169028
Wilbur also has a "Cenotaph" in the Havana Cemetery, Havana, Arkansas.
( see family links below )
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Wilbur served as a Staff Sergeant & Radio Opertor / Gunner on B-24M #44-41809, 63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Yell County, Arkansas prior to the war.
B-24M #44-41809, while on a mission, ran low on fuel due to adverse weather conditions and had to ditch into the sea during the war.
Wilbur was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war. He was the only member of the crew of this B-24 that was lost.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18169028
Wilbur also has a "Cenotaph" in the Havana Cemetery, Havana, Arkansas.
( see family links below )
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Yell County, Arkansas prior to the war.
B-24M #44-41809, while on a mission, ran low on fuel due to adverse weather conditions and had to ditch into the sea during the war.
Wilbur was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war. He was the only member of the crew of this B-24 that was lost.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 18169028
Wilbur also has a "Cenotaph" in the Havana Cemetery, Havana, Arkansas.
( see family links below )
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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