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1917 - 1944 (27 years)
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Name |
Wyman Charles SLOSSON [1] |
- March 22, 1943
2-39849 Lt. W. C. Slosson - Tagged on to 457th BG whose bombs knocked this aircraft down. Lt. Wyman C. Slosson (KIA), Lt. David A. Smithline (POW), Lt. Joseph W. Daugherty (POW), Lt. James P. Higgins (POW), S/Sgt. James R. Green (POW), S/Sgt. Edward T. DeMattos (POW), Sgt. Verlyn G. Brown (POW), Sgt. Emmette Highland (POW), Sgt. Ronald W. Power (POW), Sgt. Warren M. Beahr (POW).
Second Lieutenant
Pilot
Division - transport: 8th Air Force
Company - Squadron: 508th Bomber Squadron
Unit - Group: 351st Bomber Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Gravenumber: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
The Pilot Wyman Slosson was injured and waiting for his crew to bail out.
Source: Peter Schouteten (adoptiegraven-database)
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Birth |
13 Mar 1917 |
Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1920 |
Living with parents in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota [3] |
Census |
1930 |
Living with parents in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota [1] |
Death |
22 Mar 1944 |
Germany [4, 5] |
Burial |
Netherlands American (ABMC) Cemetery, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands [4] |
Person ID |
I53133 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
18 Aug 2023 |
Father |
Glenn Henry SLOSSON, Sr., b. 28 Sep 1881, Minnesota d. 22 May 1935, Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota (Age 53 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Clara Elenor SCHRUNK, b. 14 Feb 1889, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa d. 21 Apr 1972, North Bend, Coos County, Oregon (Age 83 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
21 Dec 1908 |
Minnesota [1, 2] |
Family ID |
F17151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos |
| Wyman Charles Slosson Wyman was the pilot of a bomb damaged B-17 and he stayed a the controls to enable 8 crew members to get out of the plane. Seven survived captivity and the war.
Information received by Pat Daugherty |
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Sources |
- [S01434] 1930 Census Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota.
- [S01773] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Rider Family Tree by Toddchad.
- [S5024] 1920 Census Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota.
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S5023] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Rowe/Slosson Family Tree by jbones1963.
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