M.117 * First Officer  Etheldred Barrs 'Bill' Whilden Jr. 

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 b. 19 Oct 1905, Douglas, Georgia 21 Aug 1940 to 4 Apr-41 

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m. 1928 Nellie Bunn (divorced 1932)

m. 1932 Flora Katherine Sheffield Cassas;

 flora sheffield whilden 1932 "A three-day romance between English-born actress Flora Sheffield, of New York, and Bill Whilden, aviator, reached its climax when the pair eloped. The romance started when Miss Sheffield took flying lessons under Whilden's instruction."

prev. Manager of the Dixie Air Transport Co, Charleston

Drafted Apr 1941 in New York

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d. 1967 - Saint Johns, Florida. Buried Los Angeles.

 

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