Albert Frank Wick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-53794.jpeg UPL 53794 2nd LT Albert Frank Wick
Date of photo unknown

I am the Historian for the 493rd BG. This photo was located on Ancestry as part of a family tree associated with Albert Frank Wick.

Object Number - UPL 53794 - 2nd LT Albert Frank Wick Date of photo unknown

Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action on 19-Sep-44 in B-17 43-38209. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10212



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12053124 / O-690024
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, USA 23 April 1921

Other

Killed in Action

Germany 19 September 1944

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, France Plot K Row 33 Grave 20

Based

Debach 19 September 1944 Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorDarren Jelley
Changes
Sources

correct detail to B-17 (not B-24) in biography

493rd BG Archives

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998; ABMC, MACR 10212, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 10212 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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