Ellis County Texas Archives Military Records.....Whitfill, Gilbert 1944? WWII ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000642 July 10, 2006, 3:18 pm Whitfill, Gilbert - Nazi Prisoner Scrapbook of Helen Louise Whitfill Fowler (no date on clipping) Lieut Whitfill Reported Missing By War Dept Flying Bomber on Mission Over Austria May 10 Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Whitfill of Alma have been notified by the War Department that their son, Second Lt. Gilbert Whitfill, has been missing in action over Austria since May 10. Lt Whitfill is a pilot on a B-24 bomber. Lt. Whitfill lived in Alma nearly all of his life, and graduated from Ennis High School in 1941. He entered the service the following January. He was trained at Sheppard Field, Tx, Chanute Field, IL, Barksdale Field, LA, Goodfellow Field, TX, Lubbock Army Air Field where he got his wings, Ft. Worth, TX and Harvey Field, Neb. He then was sent overseas and landed in North Africa. After staying only a short time there, he was sent on to Italy. In a letter received by his parents on May 7, he wrote that he had completed 12 missions. He has been in the service over two years. Lieut Whitfill, Reported Missing Nazi Prisoner Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Whitfill of Alma have received a telegram from the War Department stating their son, Second Lt Gilbert Whitfill who was reported missing in action over Austria May 10, is now a prisoner of the Germans. No further information was given. Lt. Whitfill who has been in the service over two years, first landed in North Africa and was later sent to Italy. He recently wrote that he had completed 12 mission. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/military/ww2/other/whitfill26gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb