Roy E Wendell
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
EPH 11121
EPH 11121
Damaged brown leather wallet belonging to Roy Wendell, recovered by a local boy from the crash site of P-47 Thunderbolt 41-6223 at Podington in March 1944
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Roy Wendell was based at Duxford with the 78th Fighter Group. On 13 March 1944 he was accidentally shot down by a fellow pilot while on a training exercise. Wendell’s P-47C 41-6223 crashed at Podington airfield. A local boy witnessed the crash, and many years later investigated the site. There he discovered Wendell’s fuel-stained wallet, now on display in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Isabel
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
13 March 1944 | ||
Enlisted |
South Dakota | Exact date not yet known | |
Buried |
Plot A Row 4 Grave 5 |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
American Air Museum caption https://abmc.gov/node/543414#.WQBoPU0zWM8
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list