Edgar J Weislogel
MilitaryEdgar Weislogel was Left Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-30810 of 96th Bomb Group / 338th Bomb Squadron. Shot down by fighters on 18 March 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany, in B-17F #42-30810. Crashed NE of Ditteshausen, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 3422.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-668267
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14160777
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752786
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky, United States | 8 March 1943 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Prisoner of War |
18 March 1944 | NARA WWII POW records: "Interned at Stalag 5C in Wilbad, Wurtemberg, Germany. Returned to Military control 5 February 1945." | |
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Born |
Ohio, United States |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3422, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 118