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Paul Mantle
7/1/2007 6:38:27 PM
Hi Guys,
   In my research of my Uncle's Affiliation with the 384th
BG, one of my friends said that her father had been a B/Nav
in the 401st and that is where he met and married her mother; His last name is Wilde...Any help in this will be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul Mantle 8th AFHS NexGen
Donald Byers
7/1/2007 6:43:12 PM
Searched crew's list and found no listig for Wilde.  Sorry.

Don Byers
Paul Bellamy
7/2/2007 7:59:57 PM
NARA shows the following entries for "Wlide" in the 1938-46 enlistment and reserve records (Air Corps only, and '44 or earlier records only to reduce the possibles):

01518377 WILDE FRANK. CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
16045573 LAGSDIN WILDE. MICHIGAN KALAMAZOO  
16047851 WILDE STANLEY. ILLINOIS SANGAMON
11104720 WILDE PHILIP A JR. CONNECTICUT HARTFORD
12054103 WILDE STUART W. NEW JERSEY ESSEX
12228417 DE-WILDE ALBERT G. NEW YORK QUEENS
13029598 WILDE ALLISON H. PENNSYLVANIA LUZERNE
13142780 WILDE LOUIE M. MARYLAND ANNE ARUNDEL
14032466 WILDE LEONARD E. TENNESSEE LAWRENCE
15327555 WILDE EARL R. WASHINGTON KING
16048031 WILDE MILTON G. IOWA ALLAMAKEE
16087526 WILDE HAROLD L. MICHIGAN MUSEGON
16142302 DE-WILDE LESTER A. ILLINOIS ROCK ISLAND
16162541 WILDE CLAUDE C. MICHIGAN WAYNE
17018589 WILDE ROBERT M. IOWA WOODBURY
17084190 WILDE WARREN W. NORTH DAKOTA GRAND FORKS
17155344 WILDE RAYMOND G. SOUTH DAKOTA ROBERTS
18024534 WILDE ALBERT R. TEXAS TRAVIS
18104315 WILDE CHARLES A. TEXAS CAMERON
18156858 WILDE ELLO L. TEXAS CONCHO
18161368 WILDE OSCAR L. OKLAHOMA PAWNEE
18198311 WILDE FLORENCE F. TEXAS TYLER
18226119 WILDE FREDERICK E K. TEXAS HARRIS
19005157 WILDE CHESTER L. OREGON JOSEPHINE
19073620 WILDE LAWRENCE D JR. UTAH BOX ELDER
19086684 WILDE WALTER L. WASHINGTON KING
19116882 WILDE ELWOOD C. UTAH SALT LAKE
19160152 WILDE CHARLES W. CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
19175643 WILDE GORDON K. MINNESOTA CASS
19192505 WILDE GIFFORD V. CALIFORNIA SOLANO
20758722 WILDE WALTER J. MISSOURI ST LOUIS
20931575 WILDE VALDIS M. OREGON SHERMAN
39918887 WILDE AUSTIN C. IDAHO MINIDOKA
39921697 WILDE WESLEY W. IDAHO LEMHI
12163047 WILDE ROBERT W.
16114580 WILDE RUSSELL A JR. MICHIGAN WAYNE
17181471 WILDE RICHARD D. IOWA CLARKE
19122737 WILDE MERVYN G. OREGON KLAMATH
19190520 WILDE THOMAS E JR. CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA
16083263 WILDE RAYMOND S M J. MICHIGAN WAYNE

Hope that gives you a start.

All the best,
Paul


Clyde Larry Mings
7/3/2007 9:59:37 PM
There is a lot of confusion about the 401st. Actually, there was our 401st Bomb Group. There was also a 401st Bomb Squadron, which was part of the 91st Bomb Group at Kimbolton/Bassingbourne. They were one of the early groups, and holds the record for the highest losses-197 MIA aircraft. They had highest number of enemy aircraft destroyed-420. Rough days for those pioneers. The book "The Mighty Eigth" by Roger Freeman has many entries about the 91st BG  and you may be able to trace Wilde through them. Hope this gives you a starting clue to research him.

Clyde L. Mings  Radio-gunner on 613th Madame Queen IN-Q.
glenys maycock
8/19/2007 11:44:35 AM
dear sir I have been searching for information of Dick White of the airborne in ww2 would you have any lists for this surname, thank you