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Personal info

Full name
WUNDERLIN, Carl Francis
Date of birth
13 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Harrison, Grant County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Potosi, Grant County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
O-819445
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
579th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 July 1944
Place of death
Near Rhoden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 2 14

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Wunderlin (father)
Anna M. (Cruse) Wunderlin (mother)
Paul J. Wunderlin (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95229
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Rap 'Em Pappy
Destination: Bernburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG aircraft plants
MACR: 7216

More information

Carl F. Wunderlin graduated from Lancaster High School in 1937. His father died in June 1944 and his mother in 1941.

He joined the the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 5 December 1941 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

Eyewitnesses of other airplanes, Lt Niederriter, and Lt Fleck, stated that the aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft after bombs away, dropped the nose gear. Then most of the landing gear came down with the plane leaving formation under control with #3 engine windmilling, #4 engine out, and some flames coming from the ship.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, The Telegraph Herald 26 September 1944, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov , www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspaperarchive.com - Wisconsin State Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten, The Telegraph Herald 26 September 1944, www.newspaperarchive.com - Wisconsin State Journal