Name:
Wyman E. Osness
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
20200765
Unit:
560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-20
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pen
Plot:
3
Row:
Grave:
628
Decoration:
Comments:
Wyman Edwin Osness enlisted in the United States Army in New York City on October 24 , 1940. Although he was originally a soldier in the 191st Tank Battalion, Osness was commissioned as an officer on July 27, 1943, and became a pilot with the United States Army Air Forces. His B-17 was hit by German anti-aircraft fire and subsequently attacked by fighter planes while returning from a mission of Poznan, Poland. Although the pilot ordered the crew to bail out, Osness, who was serving as the co-pilot, did not escape before the plane crashed. Osness was briefly interred in Denmark and the Ardennes American Cemetery before his body was transported back to the United States.