Wayne Wesley Wicks

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media-30778.jpeg UPL 30778 TSGT Wayne W. Wicks
Radio Operator - Protz Crew
401st BG - 613th BS
KIA 28 May 1944

Object Number - UPL 30778 - TSGT Wayne W. Wicks Radio Operator - Protz Crew 401st BG - 613th BS KIA 28 May 1944

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. William Protz crew. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102580. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5307.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808459
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Friday Harbor, WA 10 March 1913

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA, USA 14 January 1943 Tacoma, Washington

Died

Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102580. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5307.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot D Row 3 Grave 3

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
King County, WA, USA Husband to Barbara Jane Wicks.

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