Robert Theodore Wedemeyer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 44565
Robert Wedemeyer’s Dog Tag from page 6 of German KU-1575 report at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139544922 (NARA)
page 6 of German KU-1575 report at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139544922
Shot down 20 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37890 "Big Friend". Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12037589
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13081862 at enlistment, then O-756939
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11114262
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36398334
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14068980 at enlistment, then O-677820
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rovin’ romona ii/big friend
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Baggs, Carbon County, Wyoming | 29 April 1917 | |
Enlisted |
20 January 1941 | Los Angeles, California | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Brix, near Valognes, France | 20 April 1944 | In the crash of B-17 #42-37890 Brix, 6km NW of Valognes, 20km SE of Cherbourg, France |
Buried |
24 April 1944 | at the English cemetery in Cherbourg, France | |
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California | |||
Buried |
after the war, his remains were brought back to the USA. Robert Wedemeyer rests at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach, California |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 4169
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/156435392/robert-theodore-wedemeyer
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4169 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database