Wade served as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on the B-17F "Miss Fortune" #42-3328, 568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Suffolk County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 10, 1942 at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Sales clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
"Miss Fortune" was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half and exploded.
B-17F "Miss Fortune" #42-3328, during a raid on Munster, Germany, was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail section to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half, exploded and crashed.
After B-17F #42-3328 exploded B-17F "Mis Behavin" #42-3415, unavoidably, hit the wreckage and also crashed.
Wade was "Killed In Action" in this crash at Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Germany during the war.
" 4 " fellow crew members survived the crash and became POW's of the German Army.
Wade was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-794590
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on March 23, 1950.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-3328:
Breckenridge, Melvin H. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, OK
Gardner, Lewis S. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NC
Michaelsen, Darwin F. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IA
Olson, Bertil R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Sneed, Wade H., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, GA
Swiniuchowski, Walter J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NJ
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For airmen that perished on B-17F #42-3415 see:
Stamiris, Charles D. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, NY
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
four men survived the crash and were taken prisoner in Germany.
Wade Sneed was killed in action during the Munster raid. He was the pilot of a B-17 called "Miss Fortune." Flying with the 390th Bomb Group, his plane received a direct rocket hit that broke it cleanly in half. The cockpit then collided with another B17 called "Miss Behavin'." There were no survivors from "Miss Fortune."
~~~~~~~~
B-17F. Serial Number 42-3328. "Miss Fortune". Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Tinker 22/7/43; Assigned 568th Bombardment Squadron/390th Bomb Group [BI-D] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (15 Missions) Munster 10/10/43 with Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Clarry Payne, Waist gunner: John Danielson, Waist gunner: Bill Wenckens, Tail gunner: Carl Spirito (4 Prisoners of War); hit by rocket and collided with B-17.42-3415."Miss Behavin' (390th Bomb Group); tail of plane came off and aircraft broke in half, crashed Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 861.History Source.
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6399
Rest In Peace Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action)
We All Thank The Brave Heroes During WWII That Flew The B-17 & It's Crew, The Ground Crews, Engineers, Factory Assemblers, The Rosie's. It Is Our Duty To Always Remember. Lest We Forget. The Greatest Generation.
He resided in Suffolk County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 10, 1942 at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Sales clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
"Miss Fortune" was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half and exploded.
B-17F "Miss Fortune" #42-3328, during a raid on Munster, Germany, was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail section to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half, exploded and crashed.
After B-17F #42-3328 exploded B-17F "Mis Behavin" #42-3415, unavoidably, hit the wreckage and also crashed.
Wade was "Killed In Action" in this crash at Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Germany during the war.
" 4 " fellow crew members survived the crash and became POW's of the German Army.
Wade was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-794590
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on March 23, 1950.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-3328:
Breckenridge, Melvin H. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, OK
Gardner, Lewis S. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NC
Michaelsen, Darwin F. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IA
Olson, Bertil R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Sneed, Wade H., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, GA
Swiniuchowski, Walter J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NJ
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For airmen that perished on B-17F #42-3415 see:
Stamiris, Charles D. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, NY
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
four men survived the crash and were taken prisoner in Germany.
Wade Sneed was killed in action during the Munster raid. He was the pilot of a B-17 called "Miss Fortune." Flying with the 390th Bomb Group, his plane received a direct rocket hit that broke it cleanly in half. The cockpit then collided with another B17 called "Miss Behavin'." There were no survivors from "Miss Fortune."
~~~~~~~~
B-17F. Serial Number 42-3328. "Miss Fortune". Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Tinker 22/7/43; Assigned 568th Bombardment Squadron/390th Bomb Group [BI-D] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (15 Missions) Munster 10/10/43 with Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Clarry Payne, Waist gunner: John Danielson, Waist gunner: Bill Wenckens, Tail gunner: Carl Spirito (4 Prisoners of War); hit by rocket and collided with B-17.42-3415."Miss Behavin' (390th Bomb Group); tail of plane came off and aircraft broke in half, crashed Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 861.History Source.
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6399
Rest In Peace Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action)
We All Thank The Brave Heroes During WWII That Flew The B-17 & It's Crew, The Ground Crews, Engineers, Factory Assemblers, The Rosie's. It Is Our Duty To Always Remember. Lest We Forget. The Greatest Generation.
Wade served as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on the B-17F "Miss Fortune" #42-3328, 568th Bomber Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Suffolk County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 10, 1942 at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Sales clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
"Miss Fortune" was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half and exploded.
B-17F "Miss Fortune" #42-3328, during a raid on Munster, Germany, was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail section to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half, exploded and crashed.
After B-17F #42-3328 exploded B-17F "Mis Behavin" #42-3415, unavoidably, hit the wreckage and also crashed.
Wade was "Killed In Action" in this crash at Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Germany during the war.
" 4 " fellow crew members survived the crash and became POW's of the German Army.
Wade was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-794590
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on March 23, 1950.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-3328:
Breckenridge, Melvin H. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, OK
Gardner, Lewis S. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NC
Michaelsen, Darwin F. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IA
Olson, Bertil R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Sneed, Wade H., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, GA
Swiniuchowski, Walter J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NJ
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For airmen that perished on B-17F #42-3415 see:
Stamiris, Charles D. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, NY
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
four men survived the crash and were taken prisoner in Germany.
Wade Sneed was killed in action during the Munster raid. He was the pilot of a B-17 called "Miss Fortune." Flying with the 390th Bomb Group, his plane received a direct rocket hit that broke it cleanly in half. The cockpit then collided with another B17 called "Miss Behavin'." There were no survivors from "Miss Fortune."
~~~~~~~~
B-17F. Serial Number 42-3328. "Miss Fortune". Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Tinker 22/7/43; Assigned 568th Bombardment Squadron/390th Bomb Group [BI-D] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (15 Missions) Munster 10/10/43 with Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Clarry Payne, Waist gunner: John Danielson, Waist gunner: Bill Wenckens, Tail gunner: Carl Spirito (4 Prisoners of War); hit by rocket and collided with B-17.42-3415."Miss Behavin' (390th Bomb Group); tail of plane came off and aircraft broke in half, crashed Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 861.History Source.
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6399
Rest In Peace Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action)
We All Thank The Brave Heroes During WWII That Flew The B-17 & It's Crew, The Ground Crews, Engineers, Factory Assemblers, The Rosie's. It Is Our Duty To Always Remember. Lest We Forget. The Greatest Generation.
He resided in Suffolk County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 10, 1942 at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Sales clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
"Miss Fortune" was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half and exploded.
B-17F "Miss Fortune" #42-3328, during a raid on Munster, Germany, was attacked by German fighter aircraft and hit which caused their tail section to be blown off and the B-17 quickly broke in half, exploded and crashed.
After B-17F #42-3328 exploded B-17F "Mis Behavin" #42-3415, unavoidably, hit the wreckage and also crashed.
Wade was "Killed In Action" in this crash at Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Germany during the war.
" 4 " fellow crew members survived the crash and became POW's of the German Army.
Wade was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-794590
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on March 23, 1950.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-3328:
Breckenridge, Melvin H. ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, OK
Gardner, Lewis S. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NC
Michaelsen, Darwin F. ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IA
Olson, Bertil R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Sneed, Wade H., Jr. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, GA
Swiniuchowski, Walter J. ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NJ
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For airmen that perished on B-17F #42-3415 see:
Stamiris, Charles D. ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, NY
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
four men survived the crash and were taken prisoner in Germany.
Wade Sneed was killed in action during the Munster raid. He was the pilot of a B-17 called "Miss Fortune." Flying with the 390th Bomb Group, his plane received a direct rocket hit that broke it cleanly in half. The cockpit then collided with another B17 called "Miss Behavin'." There were no survivors from "Miss Fortune."
~~~~~~~~
B-17F. Serial Number 42-3328. "Miss Fortune". Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Tinker 22/7/43; Assigned 568th Bombardment Squadron/390th Bomb Group [BI-D] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (15 Missions) Munster 10/10/43 with Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Clarry Payne, Waist gunner: John Danielson, Waist gunner: Bill Wenckens, Tail gunner: Carl Spirito (4 Prisoners of War); hit by rocket and collided with B-17.42-3415."Miss Behavin' (390th Bomb Group); tail of plane came off and aircraft broke in half, crashed Horstmann Farm, Vorsundern, near Burgsteinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 861.History Source.
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6399
Rest In Peace Pilot: Wade Sneed, Co-pilot: Darwin Michaelson, Navigator: Melvin Breckenridge, Bombardier: Lew Gardner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bertil Olsen, Ball turret gunner: Walt Swinichowski (6 Killed in Action)
We All Thank The Brave Heroes During WWII That Flew The B-17 & It's Crew, The Ground Crews, Engineers, Factory Assemblers, The Rosie's. It Is Our Duty To Always Remember. Lest We Forget. The Greatest Generation.
Family Members
Parents
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
