Allen B Wiedman
Military
Roy E. Guy Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Patrick Homentowski (TG), Melvin Demmin (R/O), Burl S. Garrett (FE), Russell Todd (BTG), Wayland Buchholz (WG), Marvin Creech (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Ray Brasch (N), Roy Guy (P), Allen Wiedman (B), Merl Hoyle (CP)
This crew was shot down by flak on 8 September 1944. Guy was able to affect a crash landing, which all the crew survived. All the crew were captured and made POW. 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 16645 - Crew #738 Roy E. Guy Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Patrick Homentowski (TG), Melvin Demmin (R/O), Burl S. Garrett (FE),...
Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #42-50581, Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 817834
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Silent Yokum
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Manchester, MI 48158, USA | 8 May 1921 | |
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Died |
Higgins Lake, MI 48653, USA | 20 September 2003 | A service is planned for Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 11 a.m. at Walsh Funeral Home, Roscommon, to be officiated by Mary Beth Brady and Nancy Bresette. Visitation will be Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Higgins Lake, with full military honors provided by Charles M. Engel VFW Post #4159. Memorial donations may be made to Amicare Hospice, 201 Meadows Dr., Suite A, Grayling, MI 49738. Mr. Wiedman was born in Manchester May 8, 1921, to Albert and Mary (Braun) Wiedman. He moved to Higgins Lake in 1989 from Ypsilanti after spending summers at the lake since 1967. He and the former Mary Ellen Needham were united in marriage June 7, 1944, in Pueblo, CO. He worked as a salesman for Gene Butman Ford Sales in Ypsilanti for 20 years and retired in 1979. He was a member of the Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce, Ypsilanti 20 Club and the Roscommon Rotary Club, and was past president of the Saline Jaycees. Mr. Wiedman served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was captured and held nine months in Stalag Luft #1, a German prisoner of war camp. Preceding him in death were two sisters, Anna Thorsby and Caroline Hotzel; and granddaughter, Lauren Elizabeth O’Brien. Surviving Mr. Wiedman are his wife, Mary Ellen; three daughters, Nancy Ellen and husband Charles Pagani of Medford, OR, Catherine Core and husband Thomas Alexander of Midland, and Jacqueline Bea and husband Thomas O’Brien of Roscommon; seven grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and nieces, nephews and cousins. |
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Enlisted |
Higgins Lake, MI 48653, USA | 23 September 2003 | Oakwood Cemetery Higgins Lake, MI |
| Manchester, MI 48158, USA | 114 Riverside | ||
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Wittingen, Germany | 8 September 1944 | |
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Other POW |
Barth, Germany | Stalag Luft I |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8611 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database