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Wilkins, John Campbell

Maj. Wilkins was born in Portland Oregon. While serving with the 20th Fighter Group He went missing. According to the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #1437 Maj Wilkins had problems taking off for his mission on 7 Nov 1944, he ended up taking off on the wrong runway 7 minutes after his formation had already left. According to the report there were no communications after takeoff, neither he nor his P-38H Buno #42-67022 were seen again. He left behind a wife and two kids.

Wilcox, Chester Manning

Chester Wilcox was born in Portland, and signed the draft on 15 Jun 1917. He died in Camp Fremont California. His brother Artemus Wilcox created a poultry research scholarship in memory of him in 1961, this was to be an annual scholarship given to an outstanding student in poultry husbandry, with the first recipient being Stanley Kellerup.

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