James H Wallace
MilitaryCommanding Officer, 303rd Bomb Group 13-Jul-42 to 12-Feb-43.
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: Ooold Soljer
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hellcat Agnes : No Monkey Business
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: S For Sugar
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1, COL James H. Wallace, w/B-17F 41-24580, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Group Command Pilot on B-17F 41-24580 "Hellcat Agnes", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, COL James H. Wallace, w/B-17F 41-24619 303BG/427BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Group Command Pilot on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, COL James H. Wallace, w/B-17F 41-24559 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1943 | Served as Group Command Pilot on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljer", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 3-May-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-May-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-May-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 3-May-2016. Added Mission particiaption statement to Summary Biography; Made connections to Units (BS); Aircraft (through 3-Jan-43) and Missions (thorugh 3-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian. http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 11-Nov-2014. Description: http://www.usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/303bg.HTM
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-wxyz.html#W