100th Birthday Celebration
Max Eugene Wilson was born Feb. 4, 1923 to Frank Leslie and Anna Elizabeth Schumann Wilson. Max served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II with the 416th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group.
KCRG News, Dubuque, IA reports veteran Max Wilson celebrated his birthday with a private flight around Dubuque and down to his hometown of Maquoketa.
Wilson flew 43 missions over five countries flying B-17’s, dropping more than 240,000 tons of bombs. Like so many who served during World War II he doesn’t want to be labeled a hero. He was just doing his job.
Source: ancestry.com; KCRG News, Dubuque, IA, Feb 2023
