Alfred Louis Wickman

Military
media-37390.jpeg UPL 37390 Lt Alfred L. Wickman (photo courtesy of his son Peter)

Added photo forwarded by his son Peter

Object Number - UPL 37390 - Lt Alfred L. Wickman (photo courtesy of his son Peter)

Alfred Wickman was Navigator on B-17G #42-39962 on the mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 11 February 1944. Damaged by fighters, force-landed/crashed South of Dieppe, France after the crew bailed out. Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was helped to Paris and taken in charge by an evasion organization. Leaving Denonville, the group he was in was intercepted by the Germans on 12 June 1944. In a later identity control by the Gestapo, he was arrested then detained, first in the prison in Chartres, then in the one in Fresnes, near Paris. He was sent to Germany and interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth.

See the story of his evasion and capture at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fwickmaal.html Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688523
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34684088
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

8 February 1920 Morrill Village, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, the son of Irving and Maud Wickman

Other

Bailed out

11 February 1944 of B-17G #42-39962, south of Dieppe, France

Other

evaded capture

11 February 1944 - 12 June 1944 in France, with the help of French citizens and members of the Résistance

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

12 June 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 2 July 1945."

Died

16 November 1978 Denver, Colorado

Buried

Alfred Wickman rests at the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado
Poughkeepsie, New York

Revisions

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Added 1941 residence

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Added death date and burial place

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NARA WWII POW database
US CENSUS 1930
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Research for his page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fwickmaal.html

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2529 / MACR 2529, Losses of the 9th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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