Wrangle 42-95103 Memorial
Wrangle, Lincolnshire
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Location
Wrangle, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire
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Further Reading
US War Memorials database entry for the B-24 42-95103 memorial plaque at Wrangle Common, Lincolnshire. The plaque bears the 8th Air Force insignia, a B-24 aircraft depiction, and the 579th Bomb Squadron insignia, commemorating the crew who crashed on 13 July 1944.
Aircraft nose-art was 'BERLIN BITCH'Took off from Wendling airfield assembling for Saarbrucken missionSevere icing caused aircraft to spin in at Wrangle CommonS/Sgt Mark Osment bailed out and survivedBombs did not explode but caused anxious moments during ensuing fire
American Air Museum in Britain archive page for the 579th Bomb Squadron, part of the 392nd Bomb Group based at Wendling. Documents the squadron's operations including losses such as the B-24J 42-95103 crash at Wrangle.
579th was part of 392nd Bomb Group (Heavy)Based at Wendling airfield, NorfolkOperated B-24 Liberators in the 8th Air Force
ABMC database listing for the 579th Bomber Squadron, 392nd Bomber Group (Heavy), recording American servicemen buried or memorialised through ABMC cemeteries, including those lost in the Wrangle crash.
Official US government burial records for 579th Bomb Squadron personnelPart of 392nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Find a Grave memorial for 2nd Lt William J. Hession, navigator of B-24J 42-95103, killed in the Wrangle Common crash on 13 July 1944. Hession was from Illinois and served with the 579th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group.
Navigator 2nd Lt William J. Hession from Illinois confirmed KIAFormal burial record available
Find a Grave memorial for T/Sgt Harold C. Wilkinson, radio operator of B-24J 42-95103, killed in the Wrangle Common crash on 13 July 1944. Wilkinson was from West Virginia and served with the 579th Bomb Squadron.
Radio operator T/Sgt Harold C. Wilkinson from West Virginia confirmed KIAFormal burial record available
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