Philip Walter Wade

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-6827.jpeg UPL 6827 2nd Lt. Philip W. Wade

from my father-in-laws files

Object Number - UPL 6827 - 2nd Lt. Philip W. Wade

Philip Wade was Bombardier on board B-17 #42-39819, hit by Flak on return from the 13 April 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany. Ditched in the Channel/North Sea, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

568th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frank Chester Bobrowicz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32686782
Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert James Gibbs

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11122497
Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
Role/Job: waist gunner

Wilmer Robert Goldinger

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-693672
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alec Gwazdosky

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 6149248
Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Theodore Ronald Lipchitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-807918
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-39819

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Anoxia Queen
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Missions

301

Date: 13 April 1944

Places

A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the

Framlingham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Parham

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States	9 July 1919
Enlisted		6 February 1942	Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Belgium	13 April 1944	in the crash of B-17 #42-39819 in the Channel, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium
			Saint Paul, Minnesota
Other Memorialized			on the Walls of the Missing at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

Revisions

Date9 Jun 2020 10:30:25

ContributorED-BB

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MACR 3947
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
ABMC website

Date8 Jun 2020 13:56:15

ContributorED-BB

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MACR 3947

Date19 Apr 2020 18:49:00

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date18 Nov 2014 02:32:24

Contributorsquid890

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St Paul Pioneer Press 30 Oct 1944

Date18 Nov 2014 02:30:55

Contributorsquid890

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from father-in-laws files

Date18 Nov 2014 01:33:48

Contributorsquid890

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Lt Wade was my late Father-in-Laws brother

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:30

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3947 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 6827 - 2nd Lt. Philip W. Wade