Joseph W Wyne
MilitaryAssigned to 575BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down by fighters, fell out of formation with right engine ablaze. 23-Dec-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11551.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19093921 / O-757331
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Fifinella, Fifinella Dog
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
West Virginia, USA | 18 March 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
S Ft Thomas Ave, Fort Thomas, KY 41075, USA | 25 October 1941 | Fort Thomas Newport Kentucky |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. Shot down by fighters, fell out of formation with right engine ablaze. 23-Dec-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11551. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Pomeroy, OH, USA | 8 May 2003 | |
| Ironton, OH, USA | |||
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Based |
Matching | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 575BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Other Orphan |
Xenia, OH 45385, USA | Noted in the Ohio Census to be an inmate of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home. Xenia County Ohio | |
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Other Married |
Ironton, OH, USA | Married to Betty I Wyne. |