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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Victor Wayne "Vic"
Date of birth
26 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Macon, Macon County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O-725763
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
503rd Fighter Squadron,
339th Fighter Group
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
6 August 1944
Place of death
North Sea, ff the coast of Juist Island, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Meyer (father)
Ethel R. (Criss) Meyer (mother)
Joseph A. Meyer (brother)
Louise Meyer (sister)
Weldon L. Meyer (brother)
Mary Meyer (sister)
Eugene Meyer (brother)
Margaret R. Meyer (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-13601
Data
Type: P-51D
Destination: Lake Muritz, Germany
Mission: Bomber escort
MACR: 7452

More information

1st Lt Victor W. Meyer graduated from Macon High School and attended Kirksville State Teacher College. He was employed at Wood Service Station.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, on 31 October 1941. Upon completion of his training, he served for 25 months as an advanced flight instructor at Luke Field, as Squadron Commander. He was in charge of 36 cadets and 6 instructors.


Lt Meyer was shot down by Me-109s. He parachuted north of Juist Island and was last seen in a dinghy. Air/Sea Rescue couldn't get to him and broadcasted his position on an international frequency for the Germans to find him, but they could not locate him.

His body floated ashore on 6 September 1944 on Memmert Island. He was initially buried at the cemetery on this island on 7 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.newspapers.com - Macon Chronicle-Herald, www.ancestry.com - 1930-1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Star and Times / Macon Chronicle-Herald, History of the 339th FG

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Northeast Missouri State University Yearbook 1940, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Star and Times, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 42-K, Luke Field, Arizona / Pilot Class Book 42-E, Luke Field, Arizona