Samuel Herman Wassner
MilitaryAssigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Bob Felber crew. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. 31 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (OLC), 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: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (44th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 17062705 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Jenny - Lady Luck
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Battleaxe
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Myrtle The Fertile Turtle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Phoenix, AZ | 8 May 1921 | Son of Herman William and Gladys Ella [Pawley] Wassner. |
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Enlisted |
7 March 1942 | March Field Riverside California | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
12 July 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Fallbrook, CA | 1 April 1994 | |
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Buried |
Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, CA | 5 April 1994 | Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, California Section 31 Site 157 |
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised - Infection post tooth extraction. | ||
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Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/632016405
https://www.fold3.com/record/74562530/social-security-death-index-samue…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84984598/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.fold3.com/record/711700960/u-s-veterans-gravesites-ca-1775-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704401116/u-s-wwii-hospital-admission-card…
https://www.44thbombgroup.org/home
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1298856/samuel-h-wassner
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp