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Summary
William Wilke, called Bill Wilke in the May–June 1974 report, piloted both of the first two reported Beaver Island emergency-aircraft medical evacuations: the June 18 flight for Lillian Gallagher and the June 24 flight for Rev. Chester Meengs.
Evidence and limits
The source gives no occupation outside these flights, pilot certification, residence, or later aviation history.
See also
The dated record
Sources
- Names William Wilke as a pilot on the June 18 flight for Lillian Gallagher and the June 24 flight for Rev. Chester Meengs; it gives no full civil biography, pilot credentials, or later aviation history.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page combined May–June issue scan is paired with the OCR source stored under the archive 1974-05 key and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “William Wilke”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/william-wilke/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Makes First ‘Evacuation’ and Then Second Within One Week.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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