Raymond Wick

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When my uncle came home from the war he did not speak a lot about the experiences he had, and I was too young to ask. My family does not know a lot about what my Uncle Ray went through during the war and I would like to give every one in my family more insight about what happened during the time Raymond was overseas. I have some information about my uncle but I would like to get more. I know he was stationed in San Pancrazio, Italy, 376th HBG, 513th Bomb Squad, my uncle was part of two crews. The first crew he was in he did not fly a single mission with them. Raymond was asked on 2/23/1944 at 4:00 am to fill in for another crew. The crew my uncle filled in for on his first mission on an air raid over Styer, Austria where shot down. I have the roster of his original crew and the crew he was shot down with.

Raymond was a POW for about a year and a half and then he got to come home. Any information you can give me would be helpful. If you have any pictures please send them to me. Basically any information about b-24s you can give me I would appreciate.

Email Mike Herbrechtsmeier or call me at (262) 564-0324

The crew my uncle was shot down with MACR 2567 crashed on February 23, 1944, 12:07 hour, at Marchtrenk (east of Wels) B-24 H-10-FO S/N 42 52206 built at Ford Willow Run.

376th BG San Pancrazio, 513th Bomb Squad

Crew Members

Pilot Gibbons Henry B. Capt.
Co-Pilot Solow Michael J 2nd Lt
Nav. Jaffe Lester 2nd Lt.
Bomb. Graves William E. 2nd Lt.
Eng. Callow John E. S/Sgt
Rad. Kearns John W. T/Sgt
Gun. Wick Raymond S/Sgt 36278782
Gun. Stupar William J. Sgt.
Gun. Holman Dean O. S/Sgt
Gun. Buonanno Pasquale S/Sgt
Gun. Ruttenburg Morris S/Sgt.

My uncle's original crew

Lt Joe Dunfee - Pilot - Bridgeton , NJ
LT. Bill Schmitt - Co-Pilot - Bergenfield , NJ
LT. Abe Sack - Navigator - New York , NY
Lt. Tom Parinni - Bombadier - Belle Rose, NY
S/Sgt. Charles Altman - Engineer - Greensburg , PA
S/Sgt. Raymond Wick - Radio Operator - Kenosha , WI
Sgt. George Schuber - Asst. Engineer - Chicago, IL
Sgt. Spike Pabian - Asst. Engineer - Trenton , NJ
Sgt. Peter Lenoswski - Armorer/Gunner - Cheswick, PA

I also have a friend who is looking for any information on his uncle's crew:

S/Sgt. Marlin Olson - Flight Engineer
(not on Steyr mission), Sgt. Frank Perrin Jr. - Left Waist Gunner,
Pvt. Russel Capogreco - Right Waist Gunner,
Sgt. Martin Yerick - Tail Gunner,
S/Sgt. David Fairley - Nose Gunner.  2nd Lt. Benjamin B. Chase - Pilot,
2nd. Lt. Wayne Nesbitt - Bombardier,
2nd. Lt. Edward Pine - Navigator,
2nd. Lt. Merwin Combest - Co-Pilot.

Also on board during the Steyr mission was three replacement crew members:

T/Sgt. Pasquale Agresta - Flight Engineer,
S.Sgt. Freeman Smith - Top Turret Gunner,
Sgt. Arthur Phelan - Ball Turret Gunner