Theodore Herman Wilke Jr
Military
UPL 80614
UPL 80614
Reuel's revenge 388th bomb group
Shot down 28 September 1944.
388th Bomb Group
42-97219
Merseburg
Charles Edward Patterson
Benjamin Spevack
Theodore Herman Wilke
Reuel Clair Boring
Francis Leo Miller
Casimir Paul Piatek
John Walter Wyman
John Raymond Kern
Wilmer Lee Breckenridge
Victor Robert Olson
On
Shot down 28 September 1944.
Lindsey Breckenridge
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Mersebrug on 28-Sep-44 in B-17 42-97219 'Reuel's Revenge', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9378
Awards: 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: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19013352 / O-1996097
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reuel's Revenge
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Orleans, LA | 11 September 1921 | |
Enlisted |
New Orleans, LA | 31 July 1942 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Based |
Knettishall | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 9378 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database