Herbert O Wangeman
MilitaryA few days later "The Worry Bird " was Missing in Action around Frankfurt 8/2/44 with Earl Truex, Co-pilot: Lt Col Herb Wangeman,( Commanding Officer 452nd BG ), Bill Sumner, Bombardier: Vince Lanigan, Radio Operator: Chas McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Ed Kunis, Waist gunner: Coleman Hill, Waist gunner: Chas Monday,Tail gunner: Lt Bill Crosman (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arnold Pederson (EVD- ret UK 5/5/44); mech fault #3, crashed Fort-Movelle, near Goderville, SW of Pont Audemer, Fr; crew bailed about 15 miles S of Le Havre, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2520. "The Worry Bird ".
American Air Museum.
I am Proud Herb (1st C/O of the 452nd B-17 Heavy) , and all the military men and women that have got us to be the nation we are today .
Herb was a quiet man in his later years and loved the Army vs Navy football games .
Herb was interviewed by Kvta AM1520 on a live radio link .
Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation while returning to England after a mission to Frankfurt on 8 Feb 1944 .Plane B-17G # 42-37946 " Worry Bird". Crew abandoned a/c near Le Havre, France. Prisoner of War.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Falfurias, TX | 30 June 1909 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Barth, Germany | 8 February 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Stalag Luft 1 |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
1999 Unit Roster, MACR 2520, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Herbert (Herb ) Wangerman.
Personal conversation -With John O'Brien .
DOB - obituary in VC STar
305th service - military records
POW - military records
MACR 2520 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database