Linwood Stanley Wyman

Military

Crashed at Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 'Sitten Pretty' 44-6170, Prisoner of War (POW). Took a direct flak hit over the target. The #2 engine caught fire and witnesses saw the B-17 go into a shallow dive and pull out this happened twice before it disappeared.



Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles Glenn Baird

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39712795
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Newton Miller Blough

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33768330
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Harold W Doran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Burl A Glendenning

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John W Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

44-6170

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sittin' Pretty
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Berwick, Massachusetts 11 March 1918 Son of Alfred B and Leah P Wyman.

Enlisted

Camp Davis, NC 18 November 1942 Camp Davis, North Carolina

Other

Baled out POW

Berlin, Germany 3 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 3-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW).

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 3 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Berwick, ME 13 January 2002

Based

Snetterton Heath 3 February 1945 Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Pine Hill Cemetery Dover, Strafford County, NH Memorialised Pine Hill Cemetery Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire

Buried

Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163057304/linwood-stanley-wyman
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12155; Snetterton Falcons, pg 228, 235