Olin Louis Wieneke

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media-34971.jpeg UPL 34971 TSgt Olin L Wieneke

Photo source : Laura Phillips

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Object Number - UPL 34971 - TSgt Olin L Wieneke Photo source : Laura Phillips

Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg in B-17 42-5886 'Jolly Roger' 17-Aug-43; A/C crashed 2 km SW of Wosnadrecht, Netherlands. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 387A

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

385th Bomb Group

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

548th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Paul T Sommer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-5886

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Jolly Roger
Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

Great Ashfield

Site type: Airfield

Netherlands American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Nokomis, Illinois	3 September 1918	Son of Louis A. and Christina Mary [Essmann] Wieneke.
Enlisted	Peoria, IL	1 May 1942	Peoria, Illinois
Died	SW of Wosnadrecht	17 August 1943
Buried	Netherlands American Cemetery		Tablets of the Missin Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands
Buried	Kettelkamp Cemetery Christian County, IL		Memorialised Kettelkamp Cemetery Christian County, Illinois