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P-51 Mustang
Page 4 of Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 8149 about the loss of P-51D Mustang #44-13948 (354th FG/353rd FS) - Pilot Captain Wallace Nathan Emmer (Prisoner of War - POW -died in captivity)
Captain Wallace M Emmer of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Capt Wallace M Emmer, 353FS/354th FG. 3/44 Boxted. 14 air victories, 5th ranking 9AF ace at VE Day.'
P-51D # 44-13948 took off from ALS #2 in Cricqueville, France and was piloted by Captain Wallace N. Emmer on a 9 August 1944 afternoon patrol mission to the Reims, France area. Hit by Flak in the center of the fuselage, it lost large pieces of its fuselage and the pilot, Captain Wallace N. Emmer bailed out. Emmer was badly burned in the face, sought help from French citizens but was captured near Radepont, some 8km NE of Pitres, where his plane had crashed. Sent to POW camps in Germany, he died of myocarditis on 15 February 1945 at Dulag Luft-Wetzlar.
Group
The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the...
Squadron
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot 1055 single engine/Squadron Commander | 354th Fighter Group
Wallace Emmer enlisted in the US Army Reserve in 1941. He became a Pilot Officer at Luke Field, Arizona on 29 September 1942. First assigned there to the 20th Fighter Group, he was transferred to the 354th Fighter Group / 353rd Fighter Squadron in...
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | near Pitres, France | 9 August 1944 |
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Hit by Flak at ± 11,000 feet about 8km North of Rouen, the P-51 lost pieces of its fuselage and started to spin violently. Crashed near Pitres, 15km southeast of Rouen, France |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 November 2015 15:22:56 | ED-BB | Changes to nicknames, description, events, place associations and media associations |
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MACR 8149 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
MACR 8149 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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