Wesley E Wells

Military

Wesley Wells served as a ball turret gunner with the 379th Bomb Group from Kimbolton. He was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) when his B-17 'White Lightening', serial number 44-6119, crashed at Gierath, Germany on 9 February 1945.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6119

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: White lightening
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'

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  • Date: 9 February 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Phoenix, Arizona 7 August 1925

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 9 February 1945

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Combined two entries for Wesley E Wells. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
MACR 12237 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12337; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 336