Wayne Wesley Wicks
Military ROLL OF HONOURRadio Operator - Protz Crew
401st BG - 613th BS
KIA 28 May 1944
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. William Protz crew. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102580. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5307.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808459
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Friday Harbor, WA | 10 March 1913 | |
Enlisted |
Tacoma, WA, USA | 14 January 1943 | Tacoma, Washington |
Died |
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102580. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5307. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot D Row 3 Grave 3 | |
Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
King County, WA, USA | Husband to Barbara Jane Wicks. |
Revisions
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2161
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56305227/wayne-w-wicks
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5307 / MACR 5307, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2161 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database