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Pilot 2nd Lt. Oscar D. Wyatt, O-418186 (KIA, BR) Fort Worth, TX MIA November 16-17, 1942 Aircraft History Built by Seversky Aircraft Company in Farmingdale, NY. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) as P-35A serial number 41-17??? (last three digits unknown). Disassembled and shipped overseas to the Philippines and reassembled sometime between December 1940 to March 1941. On June 20, 1941 became the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF). Wartime History Assigned to the Far East Air Force (FEAF), 24th Pursuit Group (Interceptor), 17th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) based at Nichols Filed in southern Manila on Luzon in the Philippines. Mission History On January 2, 1942 at 6:30am took off from Lubao Airfield piloted by 2nd Lt. Oscar D. Wyatt as one of five P-35s with 2nd Lt. Bob Krantz, 2nd Lt. Earl Hulsey, 2nd Lt. Silas Wol and another unknown pilot on a flight to Bataan Airfield. While circling to land, Wyatt hit by anti-aircraft fire, likely from 803rd Aviation Engineers, Comapny C who mistook his plane as enemy and crashed at Camachile two miles to the southeast and was killed. Also hit was Krantz in the windscreen and diverted to land at Pilar Airfield and damaged his plane with a nose landing. The other two pilots also aborted the landing at Bataan and instead landed at Pilar Airfield and landed safely. References USAF Serial Number Search Results Republic/Seversky P-35A 41-17434 ... 41-17493 Doomed From The Start (1995) 222 (January 2, 1942 remaining planes flown to Pilar and Orani), 235, 285, 437 (Roster Wyatt), 458 (Chapter 16, footnote 13), 503 (index Wyatt) FindAGrave - 2LT Oscar Dean Wyatt Jr. (photo, grave photos) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated August 31, 2026 |
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