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Personal info

Full name
WAGEMAN, Edmund Joseph
Date of birth
10 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Pertamboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-688142
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
364th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
22 May 1944
Place of death
Navy yard
Kiel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 31 38

Immediate family

Members
Louis J. Wageman (father)
Veronica (Psionek) Wageman (mother)
Olga Wageman (sister)
Dorothy Wageman (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-37979
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Bayou Gall
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the navy yard
MACR: 4951

More information

2nd Lt Edmund J. Wageman graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1934. He was employed at General Gable Corporation.

The aircraft was hit by flak and was reported to have blown up, after it had left the formation with one wing a solid mass of flames. No parachutes were seen. All 10 crewmembers were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Iowa 1940 Census,
www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Perth Amboy High School 1934, www.findagrave.com