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Wilbur Richardson_edited-1

By General Aviation News Staff · June 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment

At 91 years old, Wilbur Richardson talked with visitors to the Chino air show, describing details of his combat service as a B-17 ball turret gunner stationed with the Eighth Air Force in England. Richardson’s eyewitness accounts of the air war were savored by an appreciative audience. (Photo by Frederick A. Johnsen)

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