WEEKLUND Oscar A - 786 BS 466 BG

Oscar A WEEKLUND

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

O-690016 (17079185)

AGE

29 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

1915

STATE

Hennepin MINNESOTA

FAMILY

Single

RANK

1^st Lieutenant

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

Salespersons

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

2 may 1942 Minneapolis MINNESOTA

SQUADRON

786^th Bomber Squadron

GROUP

466^th Bomber Group, Heavy

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

25 june 1944

STATUS

MIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Vert le Grand - Bretigny sur Orge

DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type H-15-CF - s/n 41-29371 U8*H "Crippled Bitch"
Macr:6723

Tail L
Mission: Aérodrome de Brétigny-sur-Orge (91)
Take-Off: Station 120 Attlebridge, Norfolk UK
Crew initially buried in Vert-le-Grand (91)
Shot down by flak with his load of bombs
Burning aircraft partially evacuated before the disintegration in flight at 20,000 feet around 19:30

CEMETERY

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY de St James

Map St James American Cemetery

GRAVE

Wall of Missing

DECORATION

Purple Heart
Air Medal
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Stele inauguration to the memory of the crew of the B-24

41 29371 stele inauguration

41 29371 stele inauguration 1 41 29371 stele inauguration 2

41 29371 stele inauguration 3

41 29371 exposition

41 29371 exposition 1

Equipage du B-24 Liberator Type H-15-CF - s/n 41-29371 U8H "Crippled Bitch"*
1^st Lieutenant	Oscar A WEEKLUND	Pilot	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James	O-690016 - AM+1/PH - Minneapolis, Minnesota USA - Tué dans l'explosion
2^nd Lieutenant	Kenneth W LANGENMAYR	CoPilot	Dead St-Marys Cem. Minoa, Onondaga Co, New York USA *	O-815934 - Né en 1921 - East Syracuse, New York USA - Aurait été sauté sans parachute ou avec un parachute enflammé
2^nd Lieutenant	Elijah L Jr COCKRILL	Navigator	Dead Cim Am Epinal	O-699140 - AM+1/PH - Memphis, Tennessee USA - Tué par la flak dans l'avion
2^nd Lieutenant	David Richard FITZGIBBONS	Bomber	Prisoner	O-695593 - Beacon, New York USA - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12
T/Sergeant	Francis Paul LEBLANC	Radio	Prisoner	31319129 - Riley, Maine USA - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
T/Sergeant	Kenneth G BROOKSHIER	Mechanic/Gunner	Dead	38395408 - 22 ans - Né le 18/05/1922 - Sentinel, Oklahoma USA - Tué dans l'explosion
S/Sergeant	Woodrow James SCHMIDT	Gunner	Prisoner	39016563 - Van Nuys, California USA - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
S/Sergeant	William Charles WIXTED	Gunner	Prisoner	13079871 - Né le 25/08/1920 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
S/Sergeant	Earl W BELLEVILLE	Gunner	Dead Cim Am Epinal	16115324 - AM+3 - Norway, Michigan USA - Tué dans l'explosion
S/Sergeant	Maurice T Jr VERGES	Gunner	Dead	18138306 - New Orleans, Louisiana USA - Tué dans l'explosion