Herbert O Wangeman

Military
media-49082.jpeg UPL 49082 Picture after Frankfurt mission , (Feb 6th Feb 1944 ?) . Mission 452nd Heavy bombers out of Deopham green Norfolk .
A few days later "The Worry Bird " was Missing in Action around Frankfurt 8/2/44 with Earl Truex, Co-pilot: Lt Col Herb Wangeman,( Commanding Officer 452nd BG ), Bill Sumner, Bombardier: Vince Lanigan, Radio Operator: Chas McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Ed Kunis, Waist gunner: Coleman Hill, Waist gunner: Chas Monday,Tail gunner: Lt Bill Crosman (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arnold Pederson (EVD- ret UK 5/5/44); mech fault #3, crashed Fort-Movelle, near Goderville, SW of Pont Audemer, Fr; crew bailed about 15 miles S of Le Havre, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2520. "The Worry Bird ".

American Air Museum.

Object Number - UPL 49082 - Picture after Frankfurt mission , (Feb 6th Feb 1944 ?) . Mission 452nd Heavy bombers out of Deopham green Norfolk . A few days later "The...

I am Proud Herb (1st C/O of the 452nd B-17 Heavy) , and all the military men and women that have got us to be the nation we are today .

Herb was a quiet man in his later years and loved the Army vs Navy football games .

Herb was interviewed by Kvta AM1520 on a live radio link .



Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation while returning to England after a mission to Frankfurt on 8 Feb 1944 .Plane B-17G # 42-37946 " Worry Bird". Crew abandoned a/c near Le Havre, France. Prisoner of War.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

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Born

Falfurias, TX 30 June 1909

Other

Prisoner of War

Barth, Germany 8 February 1944 - 1 May 1945 Stalag Luft 1

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Herb .

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Personal chats with Herb .

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1999 Unit Roster, MACR 2520, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Personal interaction with Herb .

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Personal meetings with Herbert .

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Herbert (Herb ) Wangerman.
Personal conversation -With John O'Brien .

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DOB - obituary in VC STar
305th service - military records
POW - military records

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MACR 2520 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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