Wallace L Tharp
Military23 January 1943 on a mission to Lorient, returned to southwest England with only one engine operating. Pilot Castle ordered a bail out . Pilots Castle and Fitzsimmons landed B-17 41-24579 'Thumper' wheels up near Bristol.
Damaged by flak and later attacked by ME109s on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G 42-31471 'Doolittle's Destroyers' crashed NW of Magdeburg after the crew bailed out. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
POW
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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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of war |
8 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2908, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces