Wiener Harry J.

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Fallen Bombers in Médoc Information Boards

Fallen Bombers in Médoc Monument

Name:

Harry J. Wiener

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-689712

Unit:

332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-01-05

State:

California

Cemetery:

Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, France

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Harry J. Wiener entered military service in California. He served in the 332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator on the B-17 #42-30444 'Ramrod Ramsbottom/Black Jack IV' during World War II.

On January 5, 1944, his crew took off from Station 468 airfield in Bury St Edmunds, England, for a mission to bomb the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield in France. Shot down by Me109 fighters at around 1:50 PM, they evacuated their plane by parachute. Their aircraft crashed in the Hourtin Lake, District of Lesparre-Médoc, France. Of the crew, four members were captured by the Germans and taken as prisoners, 5 evaded the capture, and one casualty. 2Lt Winer was the casulaty. He is now buried in the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, France.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, francecrashes39-45.net