World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William C. Wilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kincaid, West Virginia
Honored By
Jerry Penry
RANK: SERGEANT. SERVED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER IN A B-24H ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED OCTOBER 25, 1943 FOLLOWING A MID-AIR COLLISION OF TWO BOMBERS WHILE PARTICIPATING IN A FORMATION TRAINING MISSION. A FLIGHT OF FOUR B-24’S HAD TAKEN-OFF FROM THE FAIRMONT ARMY AIR FIELD, NEBRASKA AND WERE FLYING IN A DIAMOND SHAPE FORMATION AT AN ALTITUDE OF 20,000 FEET WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE TWO ILL-FATED BOMBERS CRASHED NEAR MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA KILLING 17 AIRMEN, WITH ONE SURVIVOR WHO PARACHUTED TO SAFETY.