George Stephen Wallace
MilitaryAssigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Member of Ken Weston crew. Missing in Action Budapest 30-Jul-44; downed by flak, crashed Budapest; POW MACR 7107.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Battalion
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Maintenance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-751221
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cambridge, Massachusetts | 8 May 1922 | Born Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Enlisted |
Boston, Massachusetts | 21 November 1942 | Enlisted Boston, Massachusetts |
Other Commissioned |
21 November 1942 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III , Zagan, Poland and later Stalag VIIa, Moosburg, Germany | 30 July 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III and then Stalag VIIa |
Other Discharged |
21 October 1945 | ||
Died |
Holden, Massachusetts | 9 July 1996 | Died Holden, Massachusetts |
Buried |
Saint Mary Cemetery Holden, Massachusetts | 12 July 1996 | Interred Saint Mary Cemetery Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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