World War II Honoree

Eugene B. Wehling

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Wayne County, Michigan

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

SERVED AS A RADIO OPERATOR OF A B-24D ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED JUNE 29, 1944. NINE OTHER CREW MEMBERS ALSO PERISHED WHEN THEIR AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD FLOWN OFF COURSE, CRASHED NEAR THE COLORADO-NEW MEXICO BORDER. THEIR MISSION WAS SCHEDULED TO BE A ROUND-ROBIN NIGHTTIME CROSS-COUNTRY NAVIGATION-TRAINING EXERCISE. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM THE PUEBLO ARMY AIR FIELD, PUEBLO, COLORADO EN-ROUTE TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.