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| Captain Truett Bullock was a pilot in the 93rd Bombardment Group and later with the Air Transport Command flying covert missions to Sweden. Clarion Ledger, November 13, 1944 http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se/USAAFe/USAAF139-441020-C87.html https://www.sammcgowan.com/93rd.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22727101/truett-k-bullock |
Truett K. Bullock never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on August 10, 1918 in Mississippi. His parents Wilbur and Minnie were also both born in Mississippi. His father worked as a US mail carrier. Truett had a younger brother and sister. By 1940 Truett had completed two years of college and was working as a secretary while living at home.
He completed his college education at the University of Alabama, where he was a track star, and volunteered for the Army Air Forces on January 22, 1942. He became a captain and pilot in the 330th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group which was equipped with B-24 Liberators. He completed all his required missions, but rather than return home he transferred to the Air Transport Command.
He was killed in an aircraft accident on October 20, 1944 in, of all places, Anten, Sweden. It was a flight he was not originally scheduled to make, but he delayed a furlough to volunteer for the mission. Captain Bullock flew one of six modified B-24 bombers (renamed C-87 Liberator Express) sent on a covert mission from Scotland to Sweden to pick up Norwegian resistance fighters who had escaped to Sweden. One plane flew back shortly after takeoff. Four landed safely in Sweden and Bullock's plane crashed due to navigator error and all six of the crew were killed.
While in the service, Captain Bullock was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross three times. I don't have any more details about this.
His grave is at Tylertown Cemetery in Tylertown, Mississippi.
EUGENE WILKINSON
Eugene Wilkinson was born on the same day as Truett Bullock, but in California. He graduated with a degree in chemistry from San Diego State and became a teacher. He was working on his doctorate degree when he joined the US Navy. With his background he became an engineering officer first on a heavy cruiser and later with submarines. He completed eight war patrols and was awarded the Silver Star.
After the war he joined Admiral Hyman Rickover's team and designed the reactor for the world's first nuclear sub, the USS Nautilus. He became the first captain of this ship. Wilkinson reached the rank of vice admiral and retired in 1974. He died in 2013.
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| https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/10236114/Vice-Admiral-Eugene-Wilkinson.html |
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