Wesley E Franklin

Military
media-30818.jpeg UPL 30818 Wesley E. Franklin, 34th Bomb Group. Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 30818 - Wesley E. Franklin, 34th Bomb Group.

Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.'

18th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clive, Iowa 25 August 1917

Enlisted

Fort Des Moines, Iowa 12 February 1942 Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Died

Fort Collins, CO 24 March 2009

Buried

Resthaven Cemetery West Des Moines, Polk County, IA 27 March 2009 Resthaven Cemetery West Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Based

Mendlesham Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/93279470-wesley-e-franklin
https://www.fold3.com/record/84584465-wesley-e-franklin
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/CrewChiefs.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99876233/wesley-e-franklin

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 30818 - Wesley E. Franklin, 34th Bomb Group.