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Lt. Col. William McKean Gilbert
Lt. Col. William McKean Gilbert earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and played tackle for De Pauw University football team. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and pilote...view moreLt. Col. William McKean Gilbert earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and played tackle for De Pauw University football team. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and piloted the Eager Beaver B-24 bomber in the 9th Squadron in WWII during the European, Asian-Pacific, African Middle Eastern campaigns, as well as one of the camouflaged Pink Elephants of the 344th over the Sahara Desert. Gilbert became Lt. Col. while serving in the 6th Air Force Reserve in Alameda, CA. Died in 1994view less