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S/SGT  Alfred L. WENZEL

UNIT: 350th BOMB Sqdn POSITION: WG
SERIAL #: STATUS: CPT
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Comments1: 17 MAR 45 PLAUEN

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2nd Lt Leo D.Ross                  P      POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG sn#: 0-768685
2nd Lt Raigh Mason              CP      POW/WIA  31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 0-765410
2nd Lt William T.Burruss       NAV    POW        31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 0-2060931
2nd Lt Russell A.Koechel       BOM    POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG  SN# 0-723984
   Sgt Carl C.Andersen          ROG    POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 17157831 
   Cpl Jerry J.Angelotos         TTE    POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 19181921 
   Cpl Alfred L.Wenzel          WG     CPT         17/03/45  PLAUEN
   Cpl John W.Affleck           WG      POW       31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 33538431
   Cpl Oscar K.Johnson         BTG    POW        31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 14185089
   Cpl James R.Wynne          TG      POW        31/12/44  HAMBURG SN# 35228761

350th Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group on 15/9/44. A/C #43 38408  "Faithful Forever"  
MACR #11360, Micro fiche #4180  
Cpl Wenzel was put in Spare Gunners pool when reduced to 9 men crews.  Flew some missions with Lt Stanton Lawrence Crew

"On 31 Dec 44 the target was Hamburg.  The 100th Bomb Group would lose 12 a/c on this mission.  Flying in "C Squadron" of the 100th BG, Lt Leo D. Ross was in the Low Squadron, Low flight.  They were in the "Tail End Charlie" postion along with Lt Macnab, Lt Webster, and Lt Rojohn.  All 4 crews in the low flight were lost this day.  At 12:30pm, B-17G "Faithful Forever" piloted by Lt Leo Ross was attacked by German fighters.  Lt Ross dove down , leveled off, then went into a tight spin at 5000 ft.  Two chutes were seen.  The aircraft crashed at Bartelsdorf near Rotenberg (30km east of Bremen) Germany. " ... from MACR report mpf 2001 


Crew #26, 100th Bomb Group/350th Sqdn.--joined 100th on September 15, 1944

Pilot:Leo"Buck" Ross 
Co-Pilot: Lt. Reigh Mason 
Navigator-Lt. William Burruss 
Bomb.-Lt. Russell Koechel 
Eng.-T/Sgt. Jerry Angolotus 
Radio-T/Sgt Carl Andersen 
Ball-S/Sgt. Oscar Johnson 
Tail-S/Sgt. James Wynne 
Waist- S/Sgt. John Affleck
(2nd Waist who was not still with crew during bail-out: Alfred L. Wenzel)

Mission Date Target  Time 
Oct. 7, 1944 Hamlin  8hr30min 
Oct. 9, 1944 Mainz  6hr20min 
Oct. 17, 1944 Cologne 6hr20min 
Oct. 18, 1944 Kassel  8hr30min 
Oct. 19, 1944 Ludwigshafen 7hr 
Oct. 26, 1944 Hanover 7hr 
Nov. 2, 1944 Merseburg 7hr45min 
Nov. 9, 1944 Saarbrucken 7hr 
Nov. 10, 1944 Wiesbaden 7hr 
Nov. 16, 1944 Aachin  6hr30min 
Nov. 21, 1944 Osnabruck 6hr30min 
Nov. 29, 1944 Hamm  6hr15min 
Nov. 30, 1944 Merseburg 8hr 
Dec. 2, 1944 Koblenz 6hr  
Dec. 4, 1944 Giessen  7hr30min 
Dec. 5, 1944 Berlin  8hr30min 
Dec. 24, 1944 Biblis  9hr 
Dec. 25, 1944 Kaiserslautern 7hr10min--forced down in Brussels, Belgium--back to base on 27th 
Dec. 28, 1944 Lunebach 7hr15min 
Dec. 29, 1944 Frankfort 7hr 
Dec. 30, 1944 Kassel  7hr 
Dec. 31, 1944 Hamburg 6hr--shot down by fighters about noon 


Beth Waller (John Affleck relative)
103 Smith Run Road 
Browntown, VA 22610 
phone/fax: (540) 636-4970 
cell: (540) 671-6145

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