World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Herbert Wilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Middlesex, New Jersey
Honored By
Joan Carol Wilson Dempsey
Relationship
Grand Niece
ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1944. STATIONED AT NUT HEMSTEAD AIR FORCE BASE IN ENGLAND. B17-G BOMBER WAS SHOT DOWN ON A MISSION TO SOUTHERN FRANCE. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND SENT TO STALAG LUFT IV NEAR THE BALTIC SEA. PRISONER OF WAR FROM JUNE 25, 1944 TO MAY 2, 1945.