Louis C Wieser
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
787th BS Operations Officer - Command Pilot
KIA - 21 April 1945 while flying as Command Pilot with the Richard Farrington Crew - Crew #487 aboard B-24J-1-FO #42-95592 "Black Cat"
The a/c in the photo is B-24H-15-CF #41-29395 "The Ruptured Duck" Code: 6L-I 466th BG - 787th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 14518 - CAPT Louis C. Weiser 787th BS Operations Officer - Command Pilot KIA - 21 April 1945 while flying as Command Pilot with the Richard Farrington Crew...
Killed in Action (KIA) at Regensburg in B-24 'Black Cat' #4295592
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15019879
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Cat
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hammond, Indiana, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Scharmassing, 93083 Obertraubling, Germany | 21 April 1945 |
Revisions
ContributorBombay
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
