Wilkes John Edwin

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John Edwin Wilkes is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

RAF Ashford American Roll of Honor - 406th Fighter Group

Name:

John Edwin Wilkes

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-667888

Unit:

514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-07

State:

Florida

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

John Edwin Wilkes was born in 1920 in Georgia. He served in the 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant and Pilot of the P-47 D-11-RE #42-75391 during World War II.

On June 7, 1944, he took off from Station 417 airfield in Ashford, England, on a patrol mission. He was killed in action when his airplane was shot down by flak at 06:20 and crashed into Villers-Bocage - 30 km southwest of Caen. The plane exploded upon reaching the ground. 1Lt Wilkes is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, francecrashes39-45.net