Wencil O Schleis
Military
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UPL 43018
The gunners of Crew 61 447th BG, 711th Sq
Top Row ........ Sgt Ed Parry , WG , Sgt John Segrest, TG , Sgt George Bauer, Radio Op
Bottom Row .. Sgt Kenneth Runkle, TT/Flight Eng , Sgt Wencil Schleis , WG , Sgt Lynn Dollar, BTG
Top Row ........ Sgt Ed Parry , WG , Sgt John Segrest, TG , Sgt George Bauer, Radio Op
Bottom Row .. Sgt Kenneth Runkle, TT/Flight Eng , Sgt Wencil Schleis , WG , Sgt Lynn Dollar, BTG
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Lost three engines on the return from a mission to Berlin that was recalled and crash landed near Friston, Sussex on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31155. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-17 #4237842. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Crook, NE | 16 September 1942 | |
Born |
Nebraska |
Revisions
ContributorLynn Dollar Jr
Changes
Sources
Loading Lists of 447th BG
https://447bg.smugmug.com/LOADING-LISTS/1944/March-1944/27-MARCH-4-1944…
ContributorLucy May
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3658