Helmer Wayne Gangestad
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Helmer W Gangestad - Webster City, 447th BG, KIA
Charles D Taylor collection
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Killed in Action (KIA) near Schonhausen in B-17 'Blythe Spirit' #43-38731.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38514701
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Observer/Spot Jammer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2008858
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13187455
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38479602
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2065557
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blythe Spirit
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
15 March 1945 | ||
Born |
Webster City, Iowa |
Revisions
ContributorCahaya
Changes
Sources
Missing Air Crew Report: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91134935
Ancestry (Middle Name): https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/38112002:2238?tid=&pi…
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 13044 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13044