Charles A Wayman Jr
MilitaryFlew 8 missions November-December 1943. 24 December 1943, on return from mission, accident in landing B-17#42-39883 due to poor visibility. James Foley crew.
Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation on mission to Brunswick on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5918 'Heavenly Daze', Prisoner of War (POW). Went through Dulag Luft, spent 16 months in Stalag Luft 1, Barth. Liberated by Russians. In Prisoner of War (POW) camps, organized softball team, "Wayman's Comedians".
AM/ POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cape Giradeau, Missouri | 2 October 1916 | |
Died |
17 April 2000 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 January 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added connections to A/C #42-39883 & 42-5918 listed in the "Summary biography".
Removed a space in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; MACR 2010; son, Tim Wayman, 8th AF Losses, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 439