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WADE, Philip W - Date of
birth
9 July 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-750294 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
568th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
13 April 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, 11 miles northwest of the port entrance of Ostend, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Philip A. Wade (father)
Daisy M. Wade (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39819 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Anoxia Queen
Destination: Augsburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Messerschmitt Aviation Industry
MACR: 3947
More information
2n Lt Philip Wade was a clerk at the Northern Pacific Railway before he volunteered for the Army of the United States on 6 February 1942 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.At about 1649 hours near Brussels, the plane was hit by flak on the return and fell out of formation and was last seen leaving the enemy coast near Ostend at about 10,000 feet. No parachutes were reported.
The entire crew of 10 was killed.
The body of Theodore R. Lipchitz washed ashore at Oost-Duinkerke, Belgium and was initially buried at the cemetery of this village. He is now buried in New Haven, Connecticut. The body of Wilmer R. Goldinger washed ashore at an unknown location and was initially buried at the Temporary U.S. Military Cemetery of St. André as Unknown X-809. After identification, he was given his final resting place at Normandy Cemetery. Robert Gibbs was interred at the English Memorial Cemetery at Coxyde, Belgium and evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery as Unknown X-5581, where he was permanently interred after identification. The remains of the rest of the crew were never recovered.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.americanairmuseum.com - Freeman Collection 390thbg