41-24498
My father's (Wallace B Kirkpatrick) photos.
Object Number - UPL 31112 - My father, Wallace B Kirkpatrick, might be right out of navigator school.
Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW- ] Westover 23-Aug-42; Thurleigh 30-Oct42; Missing in Action 13-Jan-43 on a mission to bomb the railroad factories of Atclier D' Hellemmes at Lille, France. Aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24471 "Four of a Kind" 306BG/369BS just north of the target. 6KIA 4POW MACR 15634.
P 1Lt Jack A. Spaulding (KIA); CP Russell G. Kahl (POW)
N 2LT Wallace B. Kirkpatrick (POW); B 2Lt Gordon R. Grant (KIA)
E/TTG TSgt Thomas H. Gilliland (KIA) RO SSgt Edward A. Nork (POW)
BTG SSgt Dale A. Davis (KIA); LWG Sgt Earl Santos (POW)
RWG TSgt, Leon Williams (KIA); TG SSgt Louis R. Morgan (KIA)
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727025
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13028672
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13025935
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39167158
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17024209 / O-442297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Marcq-en-Barœul, France | 13 January 1943 | Aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24471 "Four of a Kind" near Lille, France. Both aircraft crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2015. Made connections with Place and Mission within existing website data; Added FTR description per "Losses of the 9th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added target information to Description per "USAAF Combat Chronology" Jack McKillop; added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition per MACR 15634; formatted crew display.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15634 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database