Wenstel Earnie Tipton

Military

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • 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

A B-24J Liberator (RE-V, serial number 42-51523) of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten message on reverse: ‘Stockholm, 11/11/69 – “Dear Roger, It was quite a time since I last heard from you, but perhaps you are busy with other things. I got a letter today from 487B.G. and they told me that B-24J ser.no. 42-100306 was not 487B.G. You told me so in your letter 16/12 1968. I have found out through photos that the plane belonged to 446B.G. Am I wrong? The photo on this card
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Places

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

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as per Ted Eisele, Karl's son

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 11742 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11742