Wallace L Kershner
MilitaryNovember 1943: Bremen, Germany; Air Field, France. 1 December 1943 Soligen, Germany, steel plant. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 42-3559. Prisoner of War (POW).
PH/ POW
1 probable
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Morgantown, West Virginia | 17 October 1924 | |
|
Other Prisoner of war |
1 December 1943 |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 1333;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; MACR 1333; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 288