WWII veteran’s son shares father’s journey from RCAF sergeant-pilot to commissioned USAAC pilot

Charlie Wilson, center, poses for a photo with his Philippine Airlines crew in 1946. He retired from the U.S. Army Air Corps as a captain assigned to the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk, England, during World War II. Wilson was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who started his flying career with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a sergeant-pilot. (Photo courtesy of Curtis Wilson)

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