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Wyman Charles SLOSSON

Wyman Charles SLOSSON

Male 1917 - 1944  (27 years)

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  1. 1.  Wyman Charles SLOSSONWyman Charles SLOSSON was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Bemidji, Betrami County, Minnesota; died on 22 Mar 1944 in Germany; was buried in Netherlands American (ABMC) Cemetery, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1920, Living with parents in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota
    • Census: 1930, Living with parents in Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minnesota

    Notes:

    Name:
    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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