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PFC Earl Conway Wickman

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PFC Earl Conway Wickman

Birth
Death
29 Dec 1944 (aged 20)
Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A-15 Site 3419
Memorial ID
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Private First Class Wickman served with the
212th Base Unit Combat Crew Training
Squadron, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.

He was one of ten Army airmen killed in a
weather-related crash of B-24J Liberator
#42-99998, two miles northeast of Meridian,
Idaho, during a training flight.

The other crew members killed were:

2nd Lt. James L Fisher, pilot
Flt. Off. Edwin D Groce
Flt. Off. Morton S Reiter
Flt. Off. John H Sondermann, Jr
Cpl. Jonathan H Bayless, Jr
Cpl. Burr T Cahill
Cpl. Melvin R Strong
PFC Robert D Brown
PFC Roger E Hall

Private First Class Wickman served with the
212th Base Unit Combat Crew Training
Squadron, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.

He was one of ten Army airmen killed in a
weather-related crash of B-24J Liberator
#42-99998, two miles northeast of Meridian,
Idaho, during a training flight.

The other crew members killed were:

2nd Lt. James L Fisher, pilot
Flt. Off. Edwin D Groce
Flt. Off. Morton S Reiter
Flt. Off. John H Sondermann, Jr
Cpl. Jonathan H Bayless, Jr
Cpl. Burr T Cahill
Cpl. Melvin R Strong
PFC Robert D Brown
PFC Roger E Hall


Inscription

MINNESOTA
PVT 1 CL
212 BASE UNIT AAF


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  • Created by: ❀ T Burt
  • Added: Mar 4, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66493070/earl_conway-wickman: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Earl Conway Wickman (30 Apr 1924–29 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66493070, citing Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by ❀ T Burt (contributor 47009168).