Wiggins Walton E

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Walton E Wiggins is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17 'Why Worry II' (42-102572) Memorial -452nd Bomber Group

Name:

Walton E Wiggins

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-682409

Unit:

452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

2005-09-29

State:

California

Cemetery:

Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, Gilroy, Californ

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal

Comments:

Born 28 March 1922 from Gilroy, California
Bombardier of the B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102572 9ZN "Why Worry II" that took off from Station 142 Deopham Green in Norfolk, UK, on May 27, 1944 on a mission to bomb Strasbourg, France. The plane was hit by flak and was forced to do a belly landing in a field 1 km NE of Avoudrey, France, as it was lost and short of fuel. The entire crew survived the landing at 1320 in the afternoon. LT Wiggins was able to evade imprisonment and escaped to Switzerland.
Later married to Betty Lucille Sharpe Wiggins.
Wiggins died in Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County, California at the age of 83.