Paul Wiser Packer
Military
Object Number - UPL 46545 - F/O Paul Wiser Packer, 344BS, 98BG
Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-24198; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 166
Awards: DFC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin - Hell From Heaven - Shoot Youre Faded
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Shelley, ID | 1 March 1921 | Son of Alma Sharp and Nilus [Wiser] Packer. |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 5 August 1940 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Died |
Tatarani, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-24198; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 166 |
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Buried |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Toscana, Italy Tablets of the Missing | ||
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Based |
Benina | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Lewiston City Cemetery Lewiston, Cache County, UT | Memorialised Lewiston City Cemetery Lewiston, Cache County, Utah |
Revisions
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