Robert J Wallace
Military
CoPilot 2Lt Walter W Kamstra, Nav 2Lt Robert J Wallace, Tog Sgt Arlan R Allen, Eng S/Sgt Charles F Carlson, RO S/Sgt Gerald G Little, Ball Sgt Walter G Beckwith, Tail Sgt John T McDonald, Waist Sgt Warren L Partsch.
Object Number - UPL 30601 - Morton C Perkins crew: CoPilot 2Lt Walter W Kamstra, Nav 2Lt Robert J Wallace, Tog Sgt Arlan R Allen, Eng S/Sgt Charles F Carlson, RO S/Sgt Gerald...
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x missions. Plane 48316 Failed to Return (FTR) mission Berlin, force landed Russia, returned to duty (RTD) 26-Feb-45. POW on 30-Mar-45 with Johnson crew, over Bremen, aboard 44-8484. MACR 13539.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11998989 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 30 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Shot down |
Bremen, Germany | 30 March 1945 | 30-Mar-45 with Johnson crew, over Bremen, aboard 44-8484. POW MACR 13539. |
| Morrisville, PA 19067, USA | |||
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Based |
Molesworth | 26 February 1945 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Died |
Bucks County, PA, USA | ||
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Buried |
Yardley, PA 19067, USA | Saint Ignatius Catholic Cemetery Yardley Bucks County Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 193 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
