John E Wenzel Jr

Military

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.



18 October 1943 on a recalled mission, the engine of B-17 #42-3526 caught on fire, forcing the crew to bail out over the south coast of England. Pilots Sabel and Wenzel were two of 4 crewmen who were hospitalized. All crew returned to duty.

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Born

Brooklyn, NY 27 April 1920

Enlisted

New York, NY 6 April 1942

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Shot Down/Ditched/Rescued

Med. Sea, 13 miles off the coast of Annaba (Bone), Algeria 17 August 1943

Other

Abandoned Aircraft due to Engine Fire

near Icklesham, UK 18 October 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 396, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 247, 345