Wayne D Crowl

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Bombardier. Joined 68th Squadron 5 October 1943. Shot down by fighters after bombs away on mission to V-1 sites at Escalles-sur-Buchy on 21 January 1944 in B-24H #42-7635 'Ram It-Dam' It'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14091150 at enlistment, then O-800356
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36153693 at enlistment, then O-683831
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32337637
  • Role/Job: Gunner / Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18076981
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Photographer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12164582
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Canterburg, Ohio, USA 30 July 1917

Enlisted

17 November 1941 Ft Hayes, Colombus, Ohio

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Killed In Action (KIA)

21 January 1944 Killed by German fighter fire, above France

Buried

Initially buried at the Poix de la Somme cemetery, then re-interred at the temporary American Cemetery in St Avold, Wayne Crowl's remains were brought back to the US in 1949. He rests at the Lock Cemetery, Lock, Licking County, Ohio

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German report at NARA : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17353599.
Translation in AV 897/44 at on pages 113/4 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238593 (NARA)

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 2357
NARA WWII Enlistment records

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2357 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd, MACR 2357, 8th AF Losses