Staff Sergeant Franklin D Wheeler, Pennsylvania, Service Number 33360871, flew as a waist gunner on B-17 Flying Fortresses with the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. He was killed in action 26 Nov 1943 on the return from a mission to Bremen, Germany, in B-17 #42-30854, called 'Black Heart III", when heavy flak knocked at the left stabilizer causing the pilots to lose control of the bomber and crashing into the North Sea.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Widow - Doris N. Wheeler
Staff Sergeant Franklin D Wheeler, Pennsylvania, Service Number 33360871, flew as a waist gunner on B-17 Flying Fortresses with the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. He was killed in action 26 Nov 1943 on the return from a mission to Bremen, Germany, in B-17 #42-30854, called 'Black Heart III", when heavy flak knocked at the left stabilizer causing the pilots to lose control of the bomber and crashing into the North Sea.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Widow - Doris N. Wheeler
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
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