Wylie McNatt Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-54204.jpeg UPL 54204 S/Sgt Wylie McNatt Jr, 91BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54204 - S/Sgt Wylie McNatt Jr, 91BG

Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Stendahl, Germany in B-17G 'Wee Willie' 42-31333, killed in explosion or crash Nr Stendahl 8-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13881.



Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, American Campaign, PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-774609
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wee Willie
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nueces County, TX, USA 24 November 1922 Son of Wylie McNatt Sr.

Enlisted

Fort Sam Houston Exchange, 2831 Henry T Allen Rd, Near East Side, TX 78234, USA 14 January 1943 Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Stendahl, 21629 Neu Wulmstorf, Germany 8 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Stendahl, Germany in B-17G 'Wee Willie' 42-31333, killed in explosion or crash Nr Stendahl 8-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13881.
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Based

Bassingbourn 8 April 1945 Assigned to 322BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten Eijsden-Margraten Municipality Limburg, Netherlands

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorJohn McNatt
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Sources

From his medals in my possession.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 13881 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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