Wymond, Gilbert Osborne, Jr., Lt Col

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Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1949-1949, AAF MOS 1065, 55th Fighter Squadron - Fighting Fifty-Fifth
Service Years
1941 - 1949
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Home State
Kentucky
Kentucky
 Year of Birth
1919
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Louisville, Kentucky		 Last Address
Shaw AFB, South Carolina
Date of Passing
May 11, 1949		  
Location of Interment
Cave Hill Cemetery - Louisville, Kentucky

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With the exception of 2 leave times, 1 in 1943 and 1 in 1944, he was commander of the 65th Fighter Sq. from May 1943 to May 1945. He was credited with destroying 3 enemy aircraft in aerial combat plus 2 probables. He was flying an F-84 Thunderjet when he was killed in a post-war crash in the US.

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