Wray Vernon Barlow McKenzie

Military

Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #42-5798. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

People

U M Chandler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6397902
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John J Fogarty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Sidney J Leigh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Curtis L Moore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17088641
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

James W O'Connell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-5798

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

3 January 1922 Hagersville, Ontario, Canada

Enlisted

Detroit, Michigan, United States 6 January 1942 in the Air Corps

Other

bailed out

28 July 1943 of B-17 42-5798 in the Kassel area, Germany

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

28 July 1943 Immediately captured. Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW Records : "Returned to Military Control 14 June 1945."

Died

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States 29 May 1994
Muskegon County, Michigan

Buried

Wray McKenzie rests at the Clarendon Hills Cemetery in Darien, DuPage County, Illinois

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 657
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW Records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File

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ContributorSuzy
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I am his daughter.

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
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Wrong aircraft. Must be 42-5798 (see MACR 657)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 657