Willis Samuel Lutz

Military
media-57284.jpeg UPL 57284 Brian Flavelle 'Wongo Wongo' crew.

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Object Number - UPL 57284 - Brian Flavelle 'Wongo Wongo' crew.

Assigned to 512BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti, Romania in B-24 42-40563 'Wongo Wongo' 1-Aug-43; crashed into the Mediterranean near the island of Corfu Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 150



Awards: DFC (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

376th Bomb Group

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

People

Brian Woolley Flavelle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12029073 / O-435680
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-40563

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Wongo Wongo
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Portland, OR 30 August 1922 Son of Harry Earl and Clara Emily [Custer] Lutz.

Enlisted

Portland, OR 2 January 1942 Portland, Oregon

Died

Off Corfu 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti, Romania in B-24 42-40563 'Wongo Wongo' 1-Aug-43; crashed into the Mediterranean near the island of Corfu Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 150

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 512BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

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Object number: UPL 57284 - Brian Flavelle 'Wongo Wongo' crew.