Name:
Thomas Wilkins
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-685831
Unit:
708th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-02-06
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Epinal
Plot:
A
Row:
22
Grave:
30
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Standing Row, Far Right Bombadier of the B-17 Superfortess K 231145E Hi-Jinx, shot down by the Germans. He was killed by maching gun fire under parachute. Born in 1922 in Georgia, he enlisted on 12 Mar 42 in Atlanta, and was working a professional actor in Muskogee.