World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Ross Wilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Santa Monica, California
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A COPILOT OF A B-17 FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED MAY 22, 1943 WHILE ATTEMPTING A NIGHTTIME LANDING APPROACH. THREE CREWMEN AND THREE PASSENGERS PERISHED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.