Wendel Reinthrope Weatherly

Military
media-52505.jpeg UPL 52505 Back L-R: Robert L Poss, Wendell R Weatherley, Salvatore P Palandino, Carl W Short.

Front L-R: Max E Kirby, Calvin S Hallman, H B Tomkin, Leonard V Penny, Henry H Hill.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52505 - Back L-R: Robert L Poss, Wendell R Weatherley, Salvatore P Palandino, Carl W Short. Front L-R: Max E Kirby, Calvin S Hallman, H B Tomkin, Leonard...

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Carl Short crew. Last 5 missions of ETO.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Bernard B Goldberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-?
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Max Edward Kirby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34761880
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Salvatore P Paladino

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Carl W Short

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

H B Tomkin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

43-37602

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Vivian
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38330

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gambler's Choice
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group, airborne in spite of the flak hole ripped into its left wing. Printed caption on reverse: '56751 AC- BERLIN DAMAGE- Flak over Berlin, March 18 1945, during the more than 1300 heavy bomber attack on rail and industrial targets in the capital city of the Reich, was responsible for the torn wing tip on the US Eight AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Intense anti-aircraft fire made things hot for the heavy bombers over the target. US Air Force Photo.'

43-38425

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Portland, OR 7 December 1921 Son of Floyd H Weatherley.

Enlisted

Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, TX 7 April 1943 Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, Texas

Other

Discharged USAAF

4 January 1946 Honourable discharge.

Died

Eugene, Douglas County, OR 25 September 1979

Buried

Scottsburg Cemetery Scottsburg, Douglas County, OR 28 September 1979 Scottsburg Cemetery Scottsburg, Douglas County, Oregon

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8544942/wendell-r-weatherly

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https://www.fold3.com/image/638171572
https://www.fold3.com/record/73220684/wendell-weatherly-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84947188/wendell-r-weatherly-wwii-army-enl…
https://www.fold3.com/record/619107623/wendell-weatherly-1921-veterans-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704391468/weatherly-wendell-r-us-wwii-hosp…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2709
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12631
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8544942/wendell-r-weatherly

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401st Bomb group web site and personal papers of Calvin Hallman

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401st web page and personal papers of Calvin Hallman

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2709

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