Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31845 in 15th Air Force.
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-38105 while returning from bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The airmen killed were:
1st Lt. Irving S. Wacker, Pilot
Flt. Off. Daniel W Heasley, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Robert A Leffler, Bombardier
1st Lt. William F O'Brien, Navigator
T/Sgt. Franklin N Anderson, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Michael A Soltesz
T/Sgt. Marion J Spagnolo
S/Sgt. Jerome F Beshoner
S/Sgt. Jerry A Giuliano
S/Sgt. Herbert A Pritchard
Entered the service from New York.
Son of Nathan Wacker, Bronx, N.Y.
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-38105 while returning from bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The airmen killed were:
1st Lt. Irving S. Wacker, Pilot
Flt. Off. Daniel W Heasley, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Robert A Leffler, Bombardier
1st Lt. William F O'Brien, Navigator
T/Sgt. Franklin N Anderson, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Michael A Soltesz
T/Sgt. Marion J Spagnolo
S/Sgt. Jerome F Beshoner
S/Sgt. Jerry A Giuliano
S/Sgt. Herbert A Pritchard
Entered the service from New York.
Son of Nathan Wacker, Bronx, N.Y.
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31845 in 15th Air Force.
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-38105 while returning from bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The airmen killed were:
1st Lt. Irving S. Wacker, Pilot
Flt. Off. Daniel W Heasley, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Robert A Leffler, Bombardier
1st Lt. William F O'Brien, Navigator
T/Sgt. Franklin N Anderson, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Michael A Soltesz
T/Sgt. Marion J Spagnolo
S/Sgt. Jerome F Beshoner
S/Sgt. Jerry A Giuliano
S/Sgt. Herbert A Pritchard
Entered the service from New York.
Son of Nathan Wacker, Bronx, N.Y.
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-38105 while returning from bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The airmen killed were:
1st Lt. Irving S. Wacker, Pilot
Flt. Off. Daniel W Heasley, Co-pilot
1st Lt. Robert A Leffler, Bombardier
1st Lt. William F O'Brien, Navigator
T/Sgt. Franklin N Anderson, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Michael A Soltesz
T/Sgt. Marion J Spagnolo
S/Sgt. Jerome F Beshoner
S/Sgt. Jerry A Giuliano
S/Sgt. Herbert A Pritchard
Entered the service from New York.
Son of Nathan Wacker, Bronx, N.Y.
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Inscription
1LT, 775 AAF BOMB SQ, 463 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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