Science Division Pop-Up Lecture: Searching for Lt. Wilson

In WW2, more men died in the 8th Air Force than died serving in the US Marine Corps. Missions over the Western Front were highly dangerous. Despite the odds, three million combat missions were flown by the 8th, despite the loss of 135,000 men. This is the story of the search for one of those service members - lost in action since July 8, 1944. In the summer of 2021 and 2022, archaeologists (many from DMNS and CSU) attempted to locate Lt. George “Frankie” Wilson, a young pilot who was shot down flying on his third combat mission. This talk will tell the story of Lt. Wilson, his role in 8th army, and the battle for air supremacy of Europe, his last days, and how his family, the US military and archaeologists from DMNS are trying to bring him home.

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The reason copilot fell out first was he was jumping on the door cause it was stuck. He fell out and he almost fell out his shoot

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I am his grandson we talked many times