Wendell Taylor Johnson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-52625.jpeg UPL 52625 2nd Lt Wendell T Johnson. 401BG.

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Object Number - UPL 52625 - 2nd Lt Wendell T Johnson. 401BG.

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions. Dana Lenkeit crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Dana Mack Lenkeit

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14103271 / O-803232
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert L Stelzer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 42061799 / O-461320
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30855

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Massa
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 20 May 1919 Son of Norman L and Mary Jane Johnson.

Died

Balkum, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4586

Buried

Hummelstown Cemetery Hummelstown, Dauphin County, PA Re-Interred Hummelstown Cemetery Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Based

Deenethorpe 8 May 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4586 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4586,

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Object number: UPL 52625 - 2nd Lt Wendell T Johnson. 401BG.