B-17G #42-32048 'Queen' Lt Weiler: a Virtual Cemetery - Find a Grave

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B-17G #42-32048 'Queen' Lt Weiler

B-17 #42-32048 of the 2nd Bomb Group, 20th Bomb Squadron, based at Amandola, Italy, left 29 August 1944 on a mission to bomb oil fields at Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, when the entire squadron consisting of seven B-17s came under heavy enemy aircraft attack. The crew members were~2nd Lt James A Weiler, O-757348, Pilot, from Burlington WI, KIA - FO Irving D Thompson, T-61736, CoPilot, from Poughkeepsie NY, EUS/RTD - 2nd Lt Robert L Embry, O-2057882, Navigator, from Jackson MS, KIA - 2nd Lt Frank A Sulkey, O-761265, Bombardier, from Cleveland OH, KIA -SSgt John J Martin, 06974501, Radio Operator/Gunner, from Walton NY, KIA - SSgt George D Dalcanale, 16138204, Turret Gunner, from Caspian MI, MIA- KIA - TSgt Lonnie H Bumgardner, 34303666, Top Turret Gunner, from Thomasville NC, KIA - SSgt Ernest W Wagoner, 35892365, Ball Turret Gunner, from Macy IN, EUS/RTD - Sgt John F Adair, 18073665, Right Waist Gunner, from Italy TX, KIA - SSgt Loren E Byam, 16131456, Left Waist Gunner, from New Lisbon WI, KIA --

10 memorials

TSGT Lonnie Howard Bumgardner Veteran Flowers have been left.

17 Apr 1916 – 29 Aug 1944

Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Plot info: SECTION 84 SITE 326-328

SSGT Loren Eugene Byam Veteran Flowers have been left.

19 Nov 1910 – 29 Aug 1944

Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France

Plot info: Plot A Row 12 Grave 50

SSGT George Dominic Dalcanale Veteran Flowers have been left.

1923 – 29 Aug 1944

Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Plot info: SECTION 84 SITE 326-328

2LT Robert L Embry Jr. Veteran Flowers have been left.

17 Nov 1924 – 29 Aug 1944

Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France

Plot info: D, row 34, grave 35

TSGT John J Martin Jr. Flowers have been left.

unknown – 29 Aug 1944

Walton, Delaware County, New York, USA

2LT Frank Andrew Sulkey Veteran Flowers have been left.

28 Aug 1920 – 29 Aug 1944

Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Plot info: SECTION 84 SITE 326-328

FLT O Irving Delmar Thompson Veteran Flowers have been left.

17 Dec 1920 – 23 Aug 1980

Arlington, Dutchess County, New York, USA

SSgt Ernest W Wagoner Veteran Flowers have been left.

6 Apr 1923 – 29 Aug 1944

Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France

Plot info: PLOT E, ROW 44, GRAVE 29

SSGT Ernest W Wagoner Veteran Flowers have been left.

6 Apr 1923 – 29 Aug 1944

Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

2LT James A Weiler Veteran Flowers have been left.

30 Dec 1921 – 29 Aug 1944

Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Plot info: SECTION 84 SITE 326-328

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