Helge E Wessman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-7310.jpeg UPL 7310 Staff Sergeant Helge E Wessman of the 44th Bomb Group.

Image courtesy of Stan En Kim

Object Number - UPL 7310 - Staff Sergeant Helge E Wessman of the 44th Bomb Group.

Shot down 7 October 1944 in B-24 #4440167. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-40167

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sierra Blanca
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

7 October 1944

Born

Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 October 1944

Buried

Revisions

Date
ContributorA. van Erp
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Sources

www.wwiimemorial.com

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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