Edward J Wenning

Military

media-46116.png UPL 46116 Unknown person and SSgt. Edward J. Wenning (shown right)

Son - Carl J. Wenning

Object Number - UPL 46116 - Unknown person and SSgt. Edward J. Wenning (shown right)

Inducted 28 Oct 1942 at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN. Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Eur. Air Offensive Eur (arrived in E-NE Theater 21 Apr 1944; length of foreign service 1 year, 2 mos.) Length of continental service 1 year, 8 mos., 28 days. Length of enlistment 2 yrs., 11 mos., 29 days. Discharged 26 Oct 1945. (Data from Hon. Discharge papers recorded Mercer Co., OH 29 Oct 1945, vol. 2, p. 558 of Army Disch. by Eileen Engelm.

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Units served with

398th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

603rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Nuthampstead

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Philotha, Ohio	21 June 1921
Died	Celina, Ohio, United States of America	21 April 1974
Buried	Celina, Ohio		Mercer Memory Gardens - Celina, Mercer County, Ohio
Other Newspaper clippings			The following clips about Edward J. Wenning were compiled by Charlie Wenning, Ed’s nephew (son of half-brother Paul Wenning) Friday, November 13, 1942 Mercer County Chronicle Edward Wenning [21 years old] is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wenning of Carthagena and was inducted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on Wednesday, November 11th. After passing his physical examination at Columbus he was given a fourteen-day furlough before being inducted. Wenning was formerly employed at Streaker’s Restaurant in Coldwater. Friday, December 3, 1943 Mercer County Chronicle Pvt. Ed Wenning enjoyed a 7-day furlough with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wenning and family. Friday, November 26, 1943 Mercer County Chronicle Cpl. Edward J. Wenning 638th T S S AAFTC (Technical Staff School - Army Air Force Training Center) Boca Raton Field, Fla. Friday, February 25, 1944 Mercer County Chronicle Pvt. (sic) [Cpl.] Ed Wenning is enjoying a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wenning and family. Friday, March 17, 1944 Mercer County Chronicle Cpl. Edward Wenning A.A.B. Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, April 14, 1944 Mercer County Chronicle Cpl. Edw. Wenning 398 Bomber Gp. II 603rd Bomber Sq. Rapid City, AAB, S. Dak. Friday, July 6, 1945 Mercer County Chronicle Pvt. (sic, SSgt.) Ed Wenning of Carthagena, who has just returned from the European theatre of operations, is spending a furlough with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wenning. · Stationed at RAF Nuthampstead (AAF-131), England, 22 April 1944 - 26 May 1945 · Nuthampstead is north of London and just a bit south of Cambridge. · While a member of the 853rd Navigation Unit, he was attached to 603rd Bombardment Squadron (not actually part of the Squadron but serviced the Squadron’s bombers) of the 398th Bomb Group (Heavy) where he installed and maintained radars on lead bombers. His technical title was “radar mechanic.” · Here is a story about him that stems from Mom’s and my family’s time at the old air base at Nuthampstead:http://www.398th.org/History/Veterans/History/Wenning_Radar.html During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 398th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England, stationed at RAF Nuthampstead. The group flew 195 combat missions, the last being on 25 April 1945. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/398th_Air_Expeditionary_Group Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/603d_Bombardment_Squadron Reference: http://www.398th.org/ History: The group was constituted as the 398th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 15 February 1943, and equipped with the B-17 Flying Fortress. It was activated 1 March 1943 at Ephrata Army Air Base, Wash., with the 600th, 601st, 602d, and 603d Bombardment Squadrons. The Group assembled at Blyth Army Airfield, Cal. and then moved to Geiger Fd, Wash. on 20 April 1943 to complete training. On 20 June 1943 moved to Rapid City AAB, SD. to take up Replacement Training Unit duties. Trained 326 B-17 crews from August to December 1943 but at the beginning of the New Year reverted to training for combat. Ground echelon began movement overseas on 4 April 1943. The unit moved to Camp Myles Standish, Mass. on 7–12 April 1943. Personnel embarked on USS Wakefield. Sailed to Boston on 13 April and arrived in Liverpool on 21 April 1944. Moved to England in April 1944 and assigned to Eighth AF. The 398th BG entered combat in May 1944, and until V-E Day operated primarily against strategic objectives in Germany, attacking targets such as factories in Berlin, warehouses in Munich, marshalling yards in Saarbrücken, shipping facilities in Kiel, oil refineries in Merseburg, and aircraft plants in Münster. The group temporarily suspended strategic missions to attack coastal defenses and enemy troops on the Cotentin Peninsula during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The group struck gun positions near Eindhoven in support of the air attack on Holland in September 1944, and raided power stations, railroads, and bridges during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 – January 1945. The group flew missions attacking airfields to aid the Allied assault across the Rhine in March 1945. The 398th flew its last combat mission, attacking an airfield in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, on 25 April 1945. After V-E Day the group transported liberated prisoners from Germany to France. From Nuthampstead, the 398th Bomb Group flew 195 combat missions. Redeployed USA in May/June 1945. The aircraft left on 21–27 May 1945. The Ground unit went to Greenock on 22 June 1945 and sailed on Queen Elizabeth arriving in New York on 29 June 1945. After 30 days R & R some personnel assembled at Drew Fd, Fla, where the Group was inactivated on 1 September 1945. Friday, July 6, 1945 Mercer County Chronicle Pvt. (sic, SGT) Ed Wenning of Carthagena, who has just returned from the European theatre of operations, is spending a furlough with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wenning.