Clarence Franklin Wedel
Military
Object Number - UPL 61046 - Pfc Clarence F. Wedel
Whilst stranded on Greenland's Ice cap by the crash of B-17 42-5088, part of group that left the crash site to get medical aid for a critically injured fellow crew member. During the evacuation attempt, fell down a crevasse to his death. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: LOM.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Ferrying Group
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Other
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Moundridge, Kansas | 11 July 1907 | Born Moundridge, Kansas |
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Died |
Greenland Ice Cap | 7 December 1942 | Fell into Crevasse Greenland Ice Cap |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK |
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Buried Memorialised |
Lone Tree Cemetery Moundridge, Kansas | 1 January 1948 | Memorialised Lone Tree Cemetery Moundridge, McPherson County, Kansas |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529906302/clarence-wedel-american-battle-m…
https://www.fold3.com/record/701738279/blank-us-wwii-hospital-admission…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17485422/clarence-franklin-wedel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295416/clarence-franklin-wedel
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p, 495
