World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Fred M. Wakeman
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
California
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER: 19188580. WAIST GUNNER WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 854TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-24 (SCARFACE WITH THE SERIAL # 44-95007), ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED AFTER BOMBING BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER EXPLODED AND CRASHED NEAR DECKBERGEN, GERMANY AND HE WAS KILLED.