Robert F Wilson (1920 - 1943)

Born 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Died 1 Aug 1943 at about age 23 in Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea

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Biography

Robert Wilson was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Robert Wilson was awarded the Purple Heart.

Robert Wilson was awarded the Air Medal.

1st Lieutenant Robert Wilson served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 20 Feb 1941
Unit(s): 512th Bombardment Squadron, 376th Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force
Service ended: 1 Aug 1943

1st Lieutenant Robert Wilson was Killed in Action when the bomber Wongo Wongo crashed off of the Greek island of Corfu during World War II.

He was born in 1920 in Washington DC. His parents were Harvey O Wilson.

He married Mary Jeanne and had a daughter Pamela Jeanne that he had never met.

He passed away on 1 August 1943 when the B-24 Bomber, 'Wongo Wongo', crashed into the ocean off the Greek island of Corfu. Wongo Wongo was the lead bomber of Operation Tidal Wave a low level bombing mission against the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. Robert was the lead navigator for the mission.

• 1920 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States.^[1]
• 1930 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[2]
• 1940 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[3]

Find A Grave: Memorial #56251334

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNG9-J8R : 1 February 2021), Robert F Wilson in entry for Edward F Wilson, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSP2-92P : accessed 6 February 2021), Robert Wilson in household of Harvey O Wilson, Chicago (Districts 1251-1500), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1393, sheet 1B, line 70, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 475; FHL microfilm 2,340,210.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW1P-CJH : 9 January 2021), Robert F Wilson in household of Harvey Wilson, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-2215, sheet 6B, line 55, family 96, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 992.

• National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 02052; Reel: 62. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005. Ancestry Record 8939 #2473866
• Robert F. Wilson, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 07 Dec 1941, Sun • Page 27
• TEN ILLINOIS FLYERS LISTED LOST IN ACTION, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 18 Aug 1943, Wed • Page 9
• 45 CHICAGOANS WIN MEDALS FOR RAID ON PLOESTI, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 17 Nov 1943, Wed • Page 14
• Lt Robert F. Wilson, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 31 Mar 1944, Fri • Page 18
• American Battle Monument Commission - Robert F. Wilson