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HOLM, Wayne Leroy - Date of
birth
12 October 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Holdredge, Phelps County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-774157 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
405th Fighter Squadron,
371st Fighter Group
-
Awards
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Kaiserslautern, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 7 | 14 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Melvin C. Holm (father)
Millie A. (Lind) Holm (mother)
Eldora M. Holm (sister)
Theone J. Holm (twin sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-28886 -
Data
Type: P-47D-28
Destination: East of Saarbrucken, Germany Mission: Strafing Trains
MACR: 11599
More information
2nd Lt Wayne L. Holm joined the Regular Army in Portland, Oregon, on 7 November 1942.2nd Lt Charles B. Meyer:
"We were circling over our bombing area somewhere east of Saarbrücken about 0945 hours. I and Lt. Holm were discharge Yellow tree and Four respectively. We had finished our bombing and one of the flights was strafing trains about the time the bandits were called in southeast of our area. Discharge Squadron immediately began climbing for altitude, as we were at about nine thousand feet. ME-109s coming in at 9 o’clock. Because soon the bandit was on Lt. Holm’s tail, and I on the Me 109s tail. Lt. Holm straightened out and began diving. I observed the 109 getting a few strikes on Lt. Holm’s plane, and I in turn was getting strikes on the 109. Soon I saw parts of the 109 coming off and smoke. There was a plane attempting to get on my tail, so being sure of the kill, I broke off. After breaking on the left, I observed a plane on fire slowly heading in a diving turn earthward. I felt sure that it was the Me 109. After breaking off, I saw no more of Lt. Holm, and could not contact him on the RT."\
He is remembered at the Rose City Cemetery in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Anton Peterson Family Tree, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Julie Linn Sims