Jerold A Wendt
MilitaryOfficial caption on image: "(GP-30-27-386)(14 Sept 43)(552 Bomb Sq. Crew)."
Printed caption on reverse: '552nd B.S., 386th B.G. A/C Name: _ A/C Ser. No.: 134987, RG-K. From left to right starting in back row: 1) Pilot: Gerold A. Wendt. 2) _. 3) _. 4) E/G: Thornton B. Henry. 5) A/G: Myron O. McKim. 6) R/G: _.'
On reverse: From Photo Files Of Chester P. Klier [Stamp].
Line up:
Back row:
Pilot: Jerold A. Wendt.
2) Frank White
3) Joseph McIntyre
Front row:
4) E/G: Thornton B. Henry.
5) A/G: Myron O. McKim.
6) R/G: James Hankemeyer Roger Freeman Collection
From Tully McIntyre: 'My father, Joseph D McIntyre, is third from left standing in rear row. The second from left standing in rear row is the one referenced in crew list as CP White. I have a photo of him in my father's paperwork where he is referenced as "Whitey"'
Accident while taking off on June 23, 1943. B26B-41-31632 had just ferryed over from US. When leaving Earl's Colne for Boxted, lost manifold pressure.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Mert
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Black Magic
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: The Deacon
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Pansy Yokum
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Crescendo
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron 555th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ohio, USA |
Revisions
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 160-161 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia