Name | Wheat, Delton G ‡ |
Rank | Flight Officer / Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | T-60156 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943. |
Duty | Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 26 June 1943 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Post Loss Document File #3⇓ (0.759 MB) |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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Flt. Ofcr. Wheat, Delton G | Pilot | POW |
Flt. Ofcr. Bell, Glyndon Darwyn⇗ | Co-pilot | TR |
2nd Lt. Ketcham, Thomas Leonard⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Brown, Robert James, Jr⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Finck, Theodore William⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
PVT. Randolph, Thomas Benjamin⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Katuzney, John Joseph⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Hurst, Dero (NMI)⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Pursch, Warren Louis⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Wood, Ralph Charles⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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2⇗ | 25 June 1943 |
Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑30048⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because of a faulty oil regulator. Sortie Report⇗ |
3⇗ | 26 June 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Pilot | 42‑30048⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Attacked by enemy aircraft; crashed near Laon, France. No MACR. This aircraft was repaired and flown by the Luftwaffe. Sortie Report⇗ |