Wendell Hulcher
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
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Military
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Wendell E. Hulcher Crew 388th BG - 563rd BS Standing Left to Right: Louis G. Osborne (LWG), Robert C. Moore (FE), Raymond R. Preleyko (BTG), Wallace Gross (R/O), Victor Pachter (RWG), Robert W. Miller (TG) Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph J. Azzarelli (N), Francis A. Dunphy (B), Warren H. Williams (CP), Wendell E. Hulcher (P)
Service
Units served with
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388th Bomb Group
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran... -
563rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31138 Winged Fury
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Romulus 10/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 13/4/44 with Art Nelson, Co-pilot: Art Livermore, Navigator: Maurice White, Bombardier: Bill Matuszewski, Flight... -
42-31242 Patty Jo
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Gt Falls 23/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 9/11/43; target Berlin 19/5/44 with Don Salles, Co-pilot: Homer Andrews, Navigator: Jack Barcus, Bombardier: Tom Matthews, Flight engineer/top turret... -
42-39845 Hulcher's Vultures
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 7/10/43; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Marquis Fjelsted, Co-pilot: Bill Hudson, Navigator: Herb Honlihan, Bombardier: Chester Tracewaki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John...
Associated Place
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Knettishall
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Palo Alto County, IA, USA | 13 June 1920 |
| Lived in | Multnomah County, OR, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Portland, OR, USA | 12 March 1942 |
| 388th BG Combat Tour | Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 19 November 1943 – 2 March 1944 |
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completed a 25 mission combat tour |
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| Died | New Orleans, LA, USA | 6 February 1949 |
| Buried | Santa Fe, NM, USA | 19 March 1949 |
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Santa Fe National Cemetery • Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 January 2018 02:27:53 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1645774 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html |
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