Jimmie D Wheeler (1920 - 1945)

Born 30 Nov 1920 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Mar 1945 at age 24 in Erharting, Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria, Germany

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Biography

Jimmie Wheeler is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Air Force 99th Fighter Squadron 1944-1945
Tuskegee Airman flying Ace

Jimmie Wheeler was awarded the Purple Heart.

Jimmie Wheeler is Notable.

Jimmie Wheeler served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.

Jimmie Wheeler was born in 1920. He was the son of James Wheeler and Sarah Mosely. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and it was there that he married Mary Violet Hester in 1941.

Jimmie was a member of the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, having completed his training at the Tuskegee Air School. He was stationed in Ramitelli, Italy, and flew the P-51 Mustang on bombing raids into Germany. On March 16, 1945, he was on an escort mission when his plane hit high tension wires and crashed into flames. His body was found 20 meters from the motor. The place of the crash is listed as the hill west of Unter Rohrbach. A group of locals buried his body in the Fridhofas, Erharting Civilian Cemetery in Germany.

In July of 1945, a graves service unit disinterred Lt. Wheeler's remains and reburied them in a US Military Cemetery in Reutti, Germany. A year later, his remains were moved to the temporary cemetery in St. Avold, France. In September of 1949, he was buried in his final resting place of Lorraine American Cemetery. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56662212/jimmie-d-wheeler

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GH-WXR : 5 December 2014), Jimmie D Wheeler, enlisted 30 Sep 1942, Detroit, Michigan, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• Individual Deceased Personnel File: Jimmie D. Wheeler