Personal File · Airman
Ralph Wils.
The man.
§ Biography
T/Sgt. Ralph W. Wils served as flight engineer and top turret gunner aboard B-24L 44-49573 on 23 March 1945. His surname appears as Wils on the MACR form and as Wyle in 2nd Lt. Diez's December 1945 statement, a possible phonetic transcription error in one of the documents.
Killed in action 23 March 1945. Survivor 2nd Lt. Diez and 1st Lt. Howering were ordered by their German captors to dig his grave after his body was recovered a few miles from where most of the crew came down.
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · newest first
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 908
23 Mar 1945
Munster, Germany (Marshalling Yard)
44-49573
→