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| USAAF 5th AF 360th SrG 360th Service Group FEAF CRTC  USAAF c1945 |
Pilot 2nd Lt. Wayne C. Wingo, O-825356 (MIA / KIA, BR) Shelby County, TN Student Pilot Captain Stephen C. Horanszki, O-789910 (MIA / KIA, BR) Cuyahoga County, OH Crashed January 14, 1945 MACR 11960 Aircraft History Built by Vultee Aircraft Corporation as model 54. Constructors Number 79-331. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as BT-13B Valiant serial number 42-89612. Disassembled and shipped overseas and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 360th Service Group (360th SrG) of the Far East Air Force - Combat Replacement & Training Center (FEAF - CRTC) at Nadzab Airfield. No known nickname or nose art. Plane number "612". When lost, engine R-985-AN-1 serial number 41-5905. No armament was aboard this aircraft. Mission History On January 14, 1945 at 3:03pm took off from Nadzab Airfield No. 4 piloted by 2nd Lt. Wayne C. Wingo with student pilot Captain Stephen C. Horanszki on a local instrument training flight. The weather was broken high clouds with scattered low clouds 3/10 at 3,000' with ceiling unlimited with a 12 mile visibility and winds eastward at 11 mph. When this aircraft failed to return at 4:30pm it was declared Missing In Action (MIA). Search The next day, six BT-13s, two C-45s and four B-25s searched for this plane but failed to observe anything. The search was repeated for next two days without results. Wreckage Afterwards, the crash site was found with the remains of both crew inside. During the 1980s, a team from U.S. Army CILHI visited the crash site. Recovery of Remains The remains of both crew were recovered. Postwar, they were both transported to the United States for permanent burial. Memorials Both were officially declared dead the day of the mission. Wingo is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, TN in section N. Horanszki is buried at Milton Cemetery-Berryhill in Milton, FL at plot 16. References Horanszki is also spelled "Horansky" [sic] in some wartime documents NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Wayne C. Wingo NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Stephen C. Horanszki USAF Serial Number Search Results - BT-13B Valiant 42-89612 Missing Air Crew Report 11960 (MACR 11960) created February 6, 1945 FindAGrave - Capt Stephen C Horanszki (photo, grave photo) FindAGrave - Lieut Wayne C. Wingo (grave photo) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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