Wilbur John Pecka

Military

Shot down 13 November 1943 in B-24 #427650. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW



He married Karrie Schreiber, A Flight Nurse of the Air Evacuation Nursing Service from Quinn, SD on 21 July, 1945 at Fort Dix, NJ.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7650) of the of the 44th Bomb Group that crashed near Lemmer in the Netherlands, 13 November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24, 42-3650[sic] 44 BG 13-11-43 Lemmer NE coast Zuider Sea Crew OK. RNAF.'

42-7650

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cicero, Illinois, USA 16 August 1918

Other

Married Karrie Schreiber

Fort Dix, NJ, USA 21 July 1945

Died

Saratoga, CA, USA 5 May 2006

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 13 November 1943

Buried

Madronia Cemetery, 14766 Oak Street, Saratoga, CA 95070, USA

Revisions

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Page at Find a Grave

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La Verne M Pecka, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1376 / MACR 1376 & Page 376 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database