Wallace J Meyer

Military

Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30611. Plane ditched in Channel. Rescued by RAF Spitfires and Walruses about 57 miles off English coast.



Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37783 'Dodie'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30611

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Horny
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group

42-37783

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dodie aka Call Her Savage
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 22 April 1944 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Born

Rochester, New York, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.264

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 4166 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4166 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database