Charles Devay Wallach

Military
media-25779.jpeg UPL 25779 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch

Object Number - 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

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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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.

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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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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

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