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2LT Wilbur E Lilly

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2LT Wilbur E Lilly

Birth
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6 May 1945 (aged 25–26)
Louisiana, USA
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Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA Add to Map
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B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31948, serving with the 329th Combat Crew Training Squadron from Alexandria Army Airfield, Louisiana.

He was killed in a mid air collision and crash of his four-motored heavy bomber, nine miles northeast of the airfield.

The airmen killed were:

Flt. Off. Robert W Lux, pilot
Flt. Off. Andrew G Andersen
Flt. Off. Angelo G Gagliardi
2nd Lt. Kenneth P Klaasen
Sgt. Lloyd E Battleson
Sgt. Robert H O'Toole
Sgt. Cecil V Vowels
Cpl. Carl C DeGraftenreid, Jr
Cpl. Richard O Scott

And aboard B-17F #42-5355 were:

2nd Lt. William Gonzalez, pilot
2nd Lt. Wilbur E Lilly
2nd Lt. Wendell R Stanley
2nd Lt. David L Prescott, Jr
Sgt. George P Cirzan
Sgt. William W Rooker
Sgt. Hoyt A Young
Cpl. Joseph R Cooper
Cpl. Robert L Stoutenburg
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Enlisted on 9 August 1943.
B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31948, serving with the 329th Combat Crew Training Squadron from Alexandria Army Airfield, Louisiana.

He was killed in a mid air collision and crash of his four-motored heavy bomber, nine miles northeast of the airfield.

The airmen killed were:

Flt. Off. Robert W Lux, pilot
Flt. Off. Andrew G Andersen
Flt. Off. Angelo G Gagliardi
2nd Lt. Kenneth P Klaasen
Sgt. Lloyd E Battleson
Sgt. Robert H O'Toole
Sgt. Cecil V Vowels
Cpl. Carl C DeGraftenreid, Jr
Cpl. Richard O Scott

And aboard B-17F #42-5355 were:

2nd Lt. William Gonzalez, pilot
2nd Lt. Wilbur E Lilly
2nd Lt. Wendell R Stanley
2nd Lt. David L Prescott, Jr
Sgt. George P Cirzan
Sgt. William W Rooker
Sgt. Hoyt A Young
Cpl. Joseph R Cooper
Cpl. Robert L Stoutenburg
~
Enlisted on 9 August 1943.

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