Edward Wallerstein
MilitaryAssigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne mission. Hit by flak below cockpit, fell out of formation into unrecoverable spin and exploded on impact with ground on highway adjacent to target at Zülpich, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12642.
Awards: AM (8OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39681872 / O-759356
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: War Eagle
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 18 March 1923 | Son of Ross F Wallerstein. |
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Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks Park, 345 North Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125, USA | 13 May 1941 | |
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Died |
Zülpich, Germany | 23 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne mission. Hit by flak below cockpit, fell out of formation into unrecoverable spin and exploded on impact with ground on highway adjacent to target at Zülpich, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12642. |
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Buried |
Zülpich, Germany | 23 February 1945 | Interred Zülpich cemetery. |
| St. Louis, MO, USA | |||
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Based |
Andrews Field | 23 February 1945 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Margraten American Cemetery Netherlands | ||
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Other Graduated Bombing school |
Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), 2200 Sunport Blvd, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA | Graduated Bombardier school Kirtland AAF, New Mexico. Commissioned 2Lt. |
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