Joseph R Wheatley

Military
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and cap. Cap is tilted on his head. Silver wings are pinned above left-side jacket lapel. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling UPL 60458 UPL 60458 Joseph R. Wheatley, 750th BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60458 - Joseph R. Wheatley, 750th BS, 457th BG

Shot down 24 August 1944 in B-17 #4297571. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97571) of the 457th Bomb Group lands at Glatton. Handwritten caption on reverse: '571 lost on the mission to Weimar, Germany 24 Aug 1944. Pilot Lt Winfred Pugh. Landing at Glatton, Rose Court Farm in background.'

42-97571

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Genesco, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 August 1944

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1993 457th BGA Roster, MACR 8201, daughter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8201 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and cap. Cap is tilted on his head. Silver wings are pinned above left-side jacket lapel. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Object number: UPL 60458 - Joseph R. Wheatley, 750th BS, 457th BG