Clemens K Wurzbach
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Enlisted in the Air Corps long before the war and graduated as a Pilot from the Kelly Field Flying School, earning his 2nd Lieutenant wings in 1939. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant and ultimately to Major in the 303rd Bomb Group. Flew on many missions, some of which on 41-24562 "Sky Wolf", as on the 5 April 1943 raid to the ERLA works at Antwerp, Belgium. Ended his military carreer as a Colonel in the USAF.
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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 427th Air Service Group 358th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-726969
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7071292
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13044050
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineering
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-435877
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-725045
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sky Wolf
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 April 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 31 October 1915 | the son of Otto Julius and Anna Jane (Kieffer) Wurzbach |
Died |
Fairborn, Greene County, Ohio, United States | 6 June 1985 | |
Castroville, Medina County, Texas, United States | |||
Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier County, Louisiana, United States | as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Corps | ||
Buried |
Fairfield Cemetery, Fairborn, Greene County, Ohio, United States |
Revisions
US 1940 Census
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
Find A Grave burials
303rd Bomb Group website : www.303rdbg.com
Research on Fred J. Dioquardo
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-wxyz.html#W