Merritt W Wheeler Jr
MilitarySuffering engine trouble on a mission to Berlin on 9 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31564, diverted to Sweden and landed at Bredakra. INT.
During the Korean War. he served as a bombing instructor for crews posted to combat operations. During the Viet Nam War he worked as a civilian employee (Material Analyst and Editor) at the Army Command General Staff College and the Institute of Combined Arms and Support, Army Combat Developments Command, Fort Leavenworth.
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Units served with
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation over countryside. The aircraft, from left to right, are B-17G (NV-P, serial number 44-8354), B-17G (NV-U, serial number 42-97288) nicknamed "Flag Ship" and an unknown B-17G (NV-E) from the 325th Bomb Squadron. Image stamped on reverse: 'The R.L. Cavanagh Photo Collection' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48354, Little Runt. PFF.' [Caption refers to another B-17 nicknamed"Little Runt" either B-17G (NV-P, serial number 42-97515) or B-17](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379200.jpg.webp?itok=MbsLLiLg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Pat DiGeorge, http://www.axpow.org/wheelermerritt.htm, Making for Sweden, part 2
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3064, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces