Wendell Robert McClellan

Military

media-54676.png UPL 54676 S/Sgt Wendell Robert McClellan, 448BG.

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Object Number - UPL 54676 - S/Sgt Wendell Robert McClellan, 448BG.

Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11-Jan-44 in B-24 42-52123. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2518

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

448th Bomb Group

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

713th Bomb Squadron

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

People

James E Urban

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16043498 / O-676878
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52123

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Thirty Day Furlough
Unit: 448th Bomb Group 713th Bomb Squadron

Places

Seething

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Bowie, TX	1 February 1922	Son of Rennick Kinnard and Mary Callie [Nipper] McClellan.
Enlisted	Dallas, TX	7 November 1942	Dallas, Texas
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	Seething	13 December 1943 - 11 January 1944	Assigned to 713BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.
Died	Oodorn, Netherlands	11 January 1944	Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11-Jan-44 in B-24 42-52123. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2518
Buried	Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, KY	21 June 1950	Re-Interred Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Other Training	Camp Wolters, TX		Basic training - Camp Wolters, Texas
Other Training	Salt lake City, UT		Gunnery training - Salt lake City, Utah.
Other Training	South Dakota		Specialist training - Idaho and finally South Dakota
Buried	Netherlands American Cemetery		Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands