Wheeler Hayward S.

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Hayward S. Wheeler is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 (42-7730) Crash Site Memorial -449th Bomber Group

Name:

Hayward S. Wheeler

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-803918

Unit:

718th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1944-01-30

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta (FI),

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

1 LT Hayward S. Wheeler was born in 1918 in Tennessee and lived in Los Angeles, California. He was killed on January 30, 1944 while serving as a crew member (Pilot) on B-24 (42-7730) 718th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, 47th Bomber Wing when his plane was shot down by an enemy fighter. B-24 (42-7730) was part of a large bombing raid on an airfield in Campoformido, Italy. On the return trip, the formation was attacked by enemy fighters and the plane was shot down with a complete loss of life. The plane crashed in Campolongo where the town placed a plaque in 2011 to remember the sacrifice of the crew.