Warren Spencer Wiggins
Military
Rear L-R: Lt Col Burton K Voorhees, 2Lt Robert E Galbraith Jr, 1Lt Donald De Camp, 2Lt Warren Spencer Wiggins.
Front L-R: Sgt Robert E King, S/Sgt Richard J Tracy, S/Sgt William Thomas "Dub" Hitt, Sgt Richard Charles "Dick" Miller, Sgt Robert W Hoffman, Sgt Jerry C. McLawhorn.
Object Number - UPL 38124 - "Crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside their Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sky Wolf'. England, 7 January 1944." Rear L-R: Lt Col Burton K Voorhees,...
Assigned to 358 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Shot down 20-Dec-43 in B-17 42-29664 'Jersey Bounce Jr'. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to duty (RTD). Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Schweinfurt, 24-Feb-44 in B-17G 42-31562. Shot down near Koblenz. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2762
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17042935 / O-734677
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jersey Bounce Jr
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hollis, New York, USA | 27 November 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Jay, Governors Island, NY | 17 July 1942 | Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York |
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Other Ditched in Channel RTD |
English Channel | 20 December 1943 | Shot down 20-Dec-43 in B-17 42-29664 'Jersey Bounce Jr'. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to duty (RTD). |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 24 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Other Baled out POW |
Koblenz, Germany | 24 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Schweinfurt, 24-Feb-44 in B-17G 42-31562. Shot down near Koblenz. POW MACR 2762 |
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Died |
Vero Beach, FL | 17 June 1994 | |
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Buried |
Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY | 20 June 1994 | Long Island National Cemetery |
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Based |
Molesworth | 24 February 1944 | Assigned to 358 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2762 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 2762, Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces, Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 425
