Wallace Niel Soderberg
MilitaryShot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30202 Initially evaded in Belgium. Captured 4 September 1943 in France. Prisoner of War (POW). See the story of his evasion and capture at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fsoderbwn.html
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12168148
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673572
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38188080
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34312218
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16074184
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
8 September 1921 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
Other evaded capture |
30 July 1943 - 4 September 1943 | helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Comete evasion network | |
Other captured |
4 September 1943 | in Charleville-Mézières, France | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
4 September 1943 | Interned Stalag Luft 3 Sagan; liberates by US troops at Stalag 7A Moosburg | |
Died |
10 September 1967 | San Francisco, California | |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Revisions
MACR 3125
Research for his page at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fsoderbwn.html
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3125 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database