Edward Arthur Wick

Military
Edward Wick and crew

Object Number - UPL 60220 - 2nd Lt Edward A. Wick and crew

Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3289 'Wolf Pack. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
 

Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3289) nicknamed "Wolf Pack". A veteran's son has enclosed a letter with the print: '[Left to right standing:] Clayton Junkin, Bruno Miazgowicz, Rolland Allard, William Shawley, William Bemmie, Chris Ivanoff, [left to right kneeling:] Frank Boyer, Edward A Wick, Allan B Lemley, (?) Mack. This picture is of the original crew of "Wolf Pack" of the 562nd Squadron of the 388th Bomb Group, the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Edward

42-3289

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wolf Pack
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Walnut Grove, Minnesota 16 February 1922 Born Walnut Grove, Minnesota

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, Minnesota 20 August 1941 Enlisted Fort Snelling Minnesota

Prisoner of war

Zagan, Poland 6 September 1943 - 28 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 28 March 1945 - 29 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW) Forced march from Stalag Luft III to Stalag VIIA, Moosburg, Germany

Died

New Hope, Minnesota 28 October 2015 Died New Hope, Minnesota

Buried

Greenwood Union Cemetery, Minnesota 9 November 2015 Interred Greenwood Union Cemetery Le Center, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Revisions

Date18 Dec 2022 11:39:43
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/84568583/edward-a-wick-wwii-army-enlistmen…

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156371319/edward-arthur-wick

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:14
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3066 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Edward Wick and crew

Object number: UPL 60220 - 2nd Lt Edward A. Wick and crew