Wilfred Adolphus Engelke

Military

Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Chas Lang crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer in B-24 42-51322 17-Dec-44; lagging behind formation, set upon by Fw190, #3 engine set aflame, A/C exploded. Baled out, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10742



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14075334 / O-667823
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mart, TX 18 March 1923 Son of E F and Clara M Engleke.

Other

Baled out POW

Muglitz, Germany 17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer in B-24 42-51322 17-Dec-44; lagging behind formation, set upon by Fw190, #3 engine set aflame, A/C exploded. POW MACR 10742

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Luckenwalde, Germany 17 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag IIIa.

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Cameron, TX 8 January 1994

Buried

Waco Memorial Park, Waco, TX 11 January 1994 Waco Memorial Park Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.