Wenstel Earnie Tipton
MilitaryAssigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hamburg in B-24 42-51523 17-Jan-45; hit by flak, landed in Sweden, Interned (INT). MACR 11742
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-718089
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Pathfinder Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Folsom, OK | 20 December 1922 | Son of Anderson Carroll and Eva Lenora [White] Tipton. |
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK | 8 February 1943 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Other Interned |
Malmo, Sweden | 17 January 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Hamburg in B-24 42-51523 17-Jan-45; hit by flak, landed in Sweden, Interned (INT). MACR 11742 |
Other Discharged USAAF |
2 November 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
Died |
Stillwater, OK | 14 April 1978 | |
Buried |
Sunny Lane Cemetery Del City, Oklahoma County, OK | 17 April 1978 | Sunny Lane Cemetery Del City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma |
Based |
Hardwick | 17 January 1945 | Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 11742 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11742