Wendell Ellsworth Hulcher

Military
media-31371.jpeg UPL 31371 1LT Wendell E. Hulcher
Pilot
388th BG - 563rd BS 388th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 31371 - 1LT Wendell E. Hulcher Pilot 388th BG - 563rd BS

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671212
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13123718
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Photographer / Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-744261
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12181481
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Winged Fury
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patty Jo
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Fury
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hulcher's Vultures
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Girard, IL 62640, USA 3 November 1922

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 19 November 1943 - 2 March 1944 Completed a 25 mission combat tour

Died

Lakeland, FL, USA 6 May 1999

Buried

Lakeland, FL, USA 9 May 1999 First United Methodist Church Columbarium • Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA Plot Section 1 #30

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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