66) Wilford Willy
Navy Lieutenant & Joe Kennedy Jr’s Co-Pilot on the Doomed Operation Aphrodite
Born: 13 May 1909, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
Died: 12 August 1944, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Very little information for Lieutenant Willy is available on the internet, but he does have two different Find a Grave profiles to honor him (one of which is linked below).
At the time of his death he had been married for nine years.
For his actions in the war, Lieutenant Willy was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
Badges Earned:
Find a Grave Marked
Located In My Personal Library:
The House of Kennedy by James Patterson and Cynthia Fagen
Sources:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-secret-drone-mission-that-killed-joseph-kennedy-jr-5985733
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/21633
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104438508/wilford-john-willy