James K Wenzel
MilitaryMIlitary records
Object Number - Document 42017 - James K Wenzel and crew at the end of B-24 Operational Combat Training training (OTU) in July, 1943 in Casper, Wyoming
James' death was announced in Ringmasters' Winter 1996.
He reported after the War that he had accomplished his primary goal - returning every crew member home safely after every mission.
In 2020, NOK Steve E. Wenzel, son, wrote a copyrighted 260 page biography entitled "Airborne Angel, James Keith Wenzel in WWII" which details JKW's WWII training experiences and combat service as a B-24 Pilot over Germany in WWII.
The Chronicle contains a detailed analysis of the November 26, 1944, 491st BG combat mission over Misburg, Germany. See Chronicle pages 78-89 and the Author's personal mission, crew and aircraft charts. On the Misburg mission, JKW flew the 'Airborne Angel' as 'Deputy Lead' for the 'low left' 854th BS. The chronicle is attached as Document "UPL 60979" and may be downloaded for personal and/or research use.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Revisions
Military photograph taken at North Pickenham A/F England during WWII. The photograph shows James K. Wenzel's combat crew. JKW is the tallest and was the pilot.
AIRBORNE ANGEL JAMES K. WENZEL in WWII, Steve E. Wenzel (2020) author and researcher. Document 'UPL 60979"
'Airborne Angel James Kieth Wenzel in WWII' was authored and copyrighted by Steve E. Wenzel (NOK) based on his multi-year research of government and other documents and records as well as family records and recollections. The Chronicle is on file as a part of the American Air Museum in Britain record as Document No. UPL 607979 and may be down loaded for personal and/or research use.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster
