Theodore Frederick Wagner
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 5 x combat missions. Ditched in B-24H 41-29331 'Blondie's Folly'; Mission to Friedrichshafen, 16-Mar-44; Forced to ditch in the Channel after fighters severely damaged A/C. Did not surface from A/C. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18057125 / O-747178
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ionia, Michigan, USA | 15 May 1920 | Son of Fredric A Greenfelder. |
Enlisted |
Flint, MI | 28 April 1942 | Flint, Michigan |
Died |
English Channel | 16 March 1944 | Ditched in B-24H 41-29331 'Blondie's Folly'; Mission to Friedrichshafen, 16-Mar-44; Forced to ditch in the Channel after fighters severely damaged A/C. Did not surface from A/C. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambs. | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horsham St Faith | 16 March 1944 | Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Chesaning, MI | Memorialised Mount Calvary Cemetery Chesaning, Saginaw County, MI | |
Other 1930 census |
Chesaning Village, Saginaw, MI | Residing with Grandparents Theodore S and Josephine E Greenfelder. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3490 / MACR 3490, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database