Wendell R Knapp

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 12 September 1944 in B-24 #4295247 named 'Dixie Flyer'

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95247

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dixie flyer
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

12 September 1944

Born

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

North Sea 12 September 1944

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Sources

Birsic, MACR 8922, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8922 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database