Iris C Wyer Jr

Military

Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-24D 41-23784 [NB:R] 'Miss Dianne', 44BG/67BS while serving as Left Waist Gunner. The aircraft was attacked and shot down by German fighters near Villers-Ecalles, France while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. Prisoner of War (POW). He and Devars evaded for a day or two even while injured by attack on Miss Diane. There is a stone monument with crew names installed at Villers-Ecalles in 1997.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-23784

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Dianne
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 8th Air Force Finance

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 8 March 1943 - 31 May 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 31-May-45

Born

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
MACR 15570 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 31-Jul-2015 Correcting typos in Biography.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 31-Jul-2015. Added Decortations and POW event per National Archives Records Admimistration (NARA) WWII POW database; Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter, Radio Call Letters and Unit association, added loss detail and target based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 15570.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15570, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p.89, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties pp. 56-7 by Lundy Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-24 #4123784 'Miss Dianne.'