Wallace Jason Minard Sr

Military

Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13910





Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-025823
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Saginaw, Michigan, USA 15 February 1920 Son of Cleon W and Sarah A. [Morse] Minard.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 9 March 1944 Detroit, Michigan

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 10 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out POW

Brandenburg, Germany 10 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 POW MACR 13910

Died

Saginaw, MI 25 December 1999

Buried

Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI 28 December 1999 Roselawn Memorial Gardens Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan

Based

Sudbury 10 April 1945 Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database