Donald Robert Wheeler
MilitaryAssigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13910
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-025823
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pasadena, CA | 20 October 1919 | Son of Edgar Abner Goodhall and Lucy Emma [Bogue] Wheeler. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 18 December 1941 | Los Angeles, California |
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Other Baled out POW |
Brandenburg, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 POW MACR 13910 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
San Clemente, CA | 14 January 1997 | |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Sudbury | 10 April 1945 | Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database