Paul Joseph Wheaton
MilitaryAssigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Kassel in B-17 42-31069 'Little Moe' 28-Sep-44; crashed near Helmstedt Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9415
Awards: AM, POW WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19137136 / O-760593
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little moe
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Waltham, MA | 1 July 1925 | Son of Wilbur Washington Wheaton. |
Enlisted |
13 September 1943 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
2 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
5 August 1999 | ||
Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Waltham, MA | 8 August 1999 | Calvary Cemetery Waltham, Massachusetts |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233736445/paul-joseph-wheaton
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9415 / MACR 9415,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2832">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2832> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database