Lyle P. WHEATON

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE15133533 
AGE1923  yo
DATE OF BIRTH  1921 PANAMA
ENLISTMENT STATE Richland OHIO
FAMILY

Divorced

Parents : Edgar J. & Maude M Hall MONTGOMERY

Siblings : Donald E. & Arvilla Mae 

RANK Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT  26 October 1942 Cleveland OHIO
 SQUADRON615th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP 401st Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH1 August 1944

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH  Fecherolles - Nogent-le-Roi
DATA PLAN

 B-17 Fortress - type G-5-VE - s/n 42-39873 IY*Q  

"Stormy Weather"

b17

Macr : 7824

Mission : Chartres (28) - German airfield

Take off Station 128 Deenethorpe, Nothamptonshire

Damaged by the flak at 27,000 feet and collision during its fall with 43-37859 (Lt Sproul) at 2:57 p.m.

 
 CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St André N°3572

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of COLLEVILLE

Map of Colleville American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
 B928
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

 

usaf 8air force 401bg 615bs

 

    

STORY
 

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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-5-VE - s/n 42-39873 IY*Q

"Stormy Weather

 

1st Lieutenant Gerard J. MELOFCHIK Pilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-1292037 - AM/PH - New York
2nd Lieutenant James E PRATT CoPilot Dead Spring Grove Cem. Cincinnati, Ohio 0-819312 - 21 yo - Indianapolis, Indiana
2nd Lieutenant Richard Cameron TYSON Navigator Dead MIA 0-710350 - 20 yo - Son of George Fitts & Margaret Monroe (Cameron) Tyson - Durham, North Carolina
2nd Lieutenant Hughlon K. GRISHAM Bomber Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 0-765585 - AM/PH - Mississippi
S/Sergeant Leland Blaisdell TRACY Radio Dead Woodlawn Nat Cem, Elmira, Chemung Co, New York 11068352 - 32 ans  Rome, Kennebec Co, Maine - Son of Geaogr A & Daisy M (Smith) Tracy
S/Sergeant Herbert PRESSMAN Mechanic Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 33582133 - AM/PH - Pennsylvania
Sergeant Lyle P WHEATON Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 15133533 - AM/PH - Ohio
Sergeant James Walter BOZARTH Gunner Prisoner- Interned in Fresnes (94) then sent to Stalag Luft III in Sagan
  37536354 - Né le 07/03/1913 - Missouri - Initially escaped, is entrusted to the Picourt network - arrested in Paris, victim of Jacques Desoubrie
Sergeant Harold Edward MAPES Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
  33627760 - Virginia
b 17

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