 1914 - 1944 (30 years)
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| Name |
Merwin S. Wheeler |
| Born |
11 Jan 1914 |
Tilden, Nebraska, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
18 Mar 1944 |
Le Ployron, Hauts-de-France, France |
- World War II -
Killed in Air Collision
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| Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Département des Vosges, Lorraine, France |
| Person ID |
I19150 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
27 Aug 2022 |
| Father |
George W. Wheeler, b. 31 Dec 1885, Nebraska, USA , d. 30 Sep 1938, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA (Age 52 years) |
| Mother |
Mae Lydia Harlte, b. 16 Aug 1886, Kansas, USA , d. 24 Dec 1967, Montebello, California, USA (Age 81 years) |
| Family ID |
F9545 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Headstones |
 | S/SGT Merwin Wheeler
Merwin Wheeler
S SGT 576 Bomb SQ 392 Bomb GP (H)
California Mar 18 1944 |
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| Notes |
- On 18 March 1944, two B-24 Liberators from the 392nd Bomb Group, 576th and 577th Bomber Squadrons, were involved in a horrific mid-air collision over the Oise department in France. Amblin Oakie, Aircraft #41-29174, on its 25th mission, and Aircraft 41-28651 (no nickname) on its 9th mission both took off from the UK at around 10am on 18 March 1944, along with 26 other aircraft, on a bombing mission to Friedrichshafen. Amblin Oakie was caught in violent propeller wash from the other craft as it fell out of formation. The collision occurred at 1253. On Amblin Oakie a section of the right wing torn off behind the #4 engine as well as a portion of the tail assembly. The other plane lost its left tail section and both wings.
Wheeler was a machine gunner for the Aircraft 41-28651. One crew member parachuted to safety, the other nineteen were killed in the fiery crash just outside of Le Ployron, France.
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