Charles Nelson Wallace

Military
media-54069.jpeg UPL 54069 2nd Lt Charles Nelson Wallace

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Object Number - UPL 54069 - 2nd Lt Charles Nelson Wallace

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

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Boomerang
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chattanooga, TN 3 April 1919

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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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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 159

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