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Personal info

Full name
MC NATT, Wylie Jr
Date of birth
24 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lavaca County, Texas
Hometown
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38365470
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
Unit
322nd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Stendahl, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Wylie Mc Natt (father)
Frances (Pavlicek) Mc Natt (mother)
Erwin J. Mc Natt (brother)
James W. Mc Natt (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31333
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Wee Willie
Destination: Stendahl, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 13881

More information

Wylie Mc Natt enlisted on 14 January 1943 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Statement from S/Sgt George Little, crew member of another B-17 in the same group:
"We were flying over the target at 20,500 feet altitude when I observed aircraft B-17G, 42-31333 to receive a direct flak hit approximately between the bomb-bay and the No. 2 engine. The aircraft immediately started into a vertical dive. The aircraft fuselage was on fire and when it had dropped approximately 5,000 feet the left wing fell off. It continued down when the fuselage was about 3,000 feet from the ground it exploded, and then exploded again when it hit the ground. I saw no crew members leave the aircraft or parachutes open."

All nine crew members were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.fold3.com - MACR / Registration Card, www.91stbombgroup.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Michel Beckers, Hans Wijnands / John R. McNatt