Charles Nelson Wallace
Military
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UPL 54069
2nd Lt Charles Nelson Wallace
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Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 42-40115 'Boomerang' 1-Aug-43; baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 159
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Boomerang
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chattanooga, TN | 3 April 1919 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Held in Romania |
Died |
Midland, TX | 23 November 1993 | |
Buried |
Fairview Cemetery Midland, Midland County, TX | 26 November 1993 | Fairview Cemetery Midland, Midland County, Texas |
Based |
Hethel | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 159