Army Service No. (ASN): 38032423
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force.
He was declared unrecoverable after 28 January 1944 when, during a bombing mission, the B-25-G he was flying in was hit by anti-aircraft fire that brought the plane down in the ocean approximately 3/4 of a mile east of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. According to other crews in the squadron, the bomb-bay and navigator section were in flames. The plane made a controlled water landing at high speed, resulting in a large spray of water. Fire and smoke engulfed the crash area and could be seen from 15 miles away. There were no recoveries and the fate of the crew members is unknown. All were officially declared dead on 17 January 1946.
The members of the downed crew were:
1st Lt. Robert L. Cecil (Pilot)
2nd Lt. John H. Campbell (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Melvin E. Miller (Bombardier/Navigator)T/Sgt.
Clayton H. Fisher (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. David Levin (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force.
He was declared unrecoverable after 28 January 1944 when, during a bombing mission, the B-25-G he was flying in was hit by anti-aircraft fire that brought the plane down in the ocean approximately 3/4 of a mile east of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. According to other crews in the squadron, the bomb-bay and navigator section were in flames. The plane made a controlled water landing at high speed, resulting in a large spray of water. Fire and smoke engulfed the crash area and could be seen from 15 miles away. There were no recoveries and the fate of the crew members is unknown. All were officially declared dead on 17 January 1946.
The members of the downed crew were:
1st Lt. Robert L. Cecil (Pilot)
2nd Lt. John H. Campbell (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Melvin E. Miller (Bombardier/Navigator)T/Sgt.
Clayton H. Fisher (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. David Levin (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
Army Service No. (ASN): 38032423
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force.
He was declared unrecoverable after 28 January 1944 when, during a bombing mission, the B-25-G he was flying in was hit by anti-aircraft fire that brought the plane down in the ocean approximately 3/4 of a mile east of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. According to other crews in the squadron, the bomb-bay and navigator section were in flames. The plane made a controlled water landing at high speed, resulting in a large spray of water. Fire and smoke engulfed the crash area and could be seen from 15 miles away. There were no recoveries and the fate of the crew members is unknown. All were officially declared dead on 17 January 1946.
The members of the downed crew were:
1st Lt. Robert L. Cecil (Pilot)
2nd Lt. John H. Campbell (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Melvin E. Miller (Bombardier/Navigator)T/Sgt.
Clayton H. Fisher (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. David Levin (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force.
He was declared unrecoverable after 28 January 1944 when, during a bombing mission, the B-25-G he was flying in was hit by anti-aircraft fire that brought the plane down in the ocean approximately 3/4 of a mile east of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. According to other crews in the squadron, the bomb-bay and navigator section were in flames. The plane made a controlled water landing at high speed, resulting in a large spray of water. Fire and smoke engulfed the crash area and could be seen from 15 miles away. There were no recoveries and the fate of the crew members is unknown. All were officially declared dead on 17 January 1946.
The members of the downed crew were:
1st Lt. Robert L. Cecil (Pilot)
2nd Lt. John H. Campbell (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Melvin E. Miller (Bombardier/Navigator)T/Sgt.
Clayton H. Fisher (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Wilbur A. Homeyer (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. David Levin (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
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