Joseph Wagner

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Joseph (Joe) Wagner was Right Waist gunner on B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character". Shot down 25 April 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Otto Behrens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36435582
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Charles George Bieber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688166
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Harley Combs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14114918 at enlistment, then O-742065
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Eugene Maurice Hoag

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16057259 at enlistment, then O-682183
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard Oren McCarthy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32745523
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-52335

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Admirable Little Character
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

10 December 1919 Plantersville, Grimes County, Texas, United States, the son of Germany-born Daniel Franklin Wagner and Katherine (Martin) Wagner

Enlisted

23 September 1942 Houston, Texas

Other

Bailed out

25 April 1944 of B-24 #42-52335 "Admirable Little Character" and landed near Ponthion (Marne), France

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

25 April 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia. Moved to Wobbelin bei Ludwigslust and then to Usedom bei Savenmunde. NARA WWII POW database: "Returned to military control 22 June 1945."

Died

13 March 2002 Santa Fe, Texas

Born

Plantersville, Texas

Buried

Joe Wagner rests at the Hayes Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston County, Texas

Revisions

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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NOT KIA !...
MACR 4342
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/115738834/joseph-wagner

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MACR 4342

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4342 / MACR 4342 & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com ( includes picture of his crew) / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database