William Wroblicka

Military

April - August 1943. Pilot, Wroblicka Crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29954 'Devil's Angel'. Mission #17 to the synthetic oil works at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 383. Hit by fighters and lost 2 engines. 1st 534th BS crew lost. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA.



Earlier on 29 July 1943 may have copiloted and crash landed in Norfolk on return from Kiel in B-17 #42-3221 'Whale Tail' with 3 engines out. Crew returned.



South Hadley Falls, MN



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Claude E Neeley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735435
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John C Phelan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17129602
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
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Lester Wilson Schneider

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35016905 / O-734986
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Fred M Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39831351
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

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Prisoner of War

Germany 12 August 1943 Stalag Luft III Stalag VIIA

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South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, USA

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 383, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 206-7, 230 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database