Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 23 Mar 1945
Ralph Wile.
329th Squadron · Of OH.
The man.
§ Biography
MACR-13602 Account
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.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number
15011113
Hometown
OH
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · newest first
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Netherlands American Cemetery
Location
C 4 8