Donald W Wendt

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media-41929.jpeg UPL 41929 2Lt Donald W Wendt, 366BS, 305BG, 8AF.

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Object Number - UPL 41929 - 2Lt Donald W Wendt, 366BS, 305BG, 8AF.

Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Saarbrucken; Shot down 11-May-44 in B-17 42-31611. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4870





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roosevelt, Long Island, NY 12 December 1920 Son of John T and Helen A Wendt.

Enlisted

New York, New York 24 May 1943 New York, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 11 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Baled out POW

Saarbrucken, Germany 11 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Saarbrucken; Shot down 11-May-44 in B-17 42-31611. POW MACR 4870

Other

Discharged USAAF

18 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Brookville, OH 17 August 2004

Buried

Pinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY 20 August 2004 Pinelawn Memorial Park East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York

Based

Chelveston 11 May 1944 Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.
Valley Stream, NY

Other

Flight training

Blackland AAF, Waco, TX Advanced pilot training: Blackland AAF, Texas. Commissioned 2Lt.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4870 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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