Charles Devay Wallach
Military
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UPL 25779
545th Bombardment Squadron Patch
Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102446 'Little Chub. ' Crashed in Switzerland. Interned. MACR 3247
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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
- Nicknames: Little Chub
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 16 April 1944 - 24 April 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, James Edgar Burry Crew. One combat mission. |
Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 24 April 1944 | Failed to Return Comments: Struck by flak on bomb run; after bombing left formation and headed for Switzerland; shot down by Swiss aircraft, crashing into the Greifensee. MACR 4347. This aircraft was recovered from lake in the 1950's. |
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Sources
2017-07-09 information from duplicate file https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/25454 was consolidated in this fie.
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4135
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4347 / MACR 4347, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database