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Merwin S. Wheeler

Merwin S. Wheeler

Male 1914 - 1944  (30 years)

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  • Name Merwin S. Wheeler 
    Born 11 Jan 1914  Tilden, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Mar 1944  Le Ployron, Hauts-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • World War II -
      Killed in Air Collision
    Buried Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Département des Vosges, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19150  Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2022 

    Father George W. Wheeler,   b. 31 Dec 1885, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1938, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Mae Lydia Harlte,   b. 16 Aug 1886, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1967, Montebello, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F9545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Jan 1914 - Tilden, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Mar 1944 - Le Ployron, Hauts-de-France, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Département des Vosges, Lorraine, France Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    S/SGT Merwin Wheeler
    S/SGT Merwin Wheeler

    Headstones
    S/SGT Merwin Wheeler
    S/SGT Merwin Wheeler
    Merwin Wheeler
    S SGT 576 Bomb SQ 392 Bomb GP (H)
    California Mar 18 1944

    Census
    1920 US Census
    1920 US Census
    Havelock, Lancaster County, Nebraska
    1930 US Census
    1930 US Census
    Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
    1940 US Census
    1940 US Census
    Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

    Landmarks
    Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
    Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
    Epinal, Département des Vosges, Lorraine, France
    Amblin' Oakie Crash Memorial, Le Ployron, Hauts-de-France, France
    Amblin' Oakie Crash Memorial, Le Ployron, Hauts-de-France, France
    Le Ployron, Upper France, France

    A LA MÉMOIRE DES
    20 AVIATEURS AMÉRICAINS
    TOMBES A LE PLOYRON
    LE 18 MARS 1944

    English Translation:

    IN MEMORY OF
    20 AMERICAN AVIATORS
    WHO FELL IN PLOYRON
    ON MARCH 18, 1944

  • 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.