Wallace H Blackwell Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 60390 - Wallace H. Blackwell, Pilot, 601st BS, 398th BG
36 combat missions July to December 1944. Shot down, crew bailed out 8 August 1944, landed on our side of the front line. Tail gunner Killed in Action (KIA). Returned January 1945 to USA. Spent rest of time in Ferry Command flying P-51 and P-47 aircraft to depots from manufacturing locations.
He was in 1998 president of the 398th BG Memorial Association.
Tail shot off plane by flak. Landed within friendly lines and entire crew; with the exception of Sergeant Charles Simons, Tail Gunnor who was blown out of the tail and was reported Missing in Action (MIA); landed safely and have returned to base.
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster/ 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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kentucky Colonel
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sagamore (Buzzards Bay), Massachusetts | 31 July 1924 | |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
France | 8 August 1944 | |
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Died |
14 January 2009 | ||
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Buried |
Rockville, Maryland |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source: MACR 8065 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self MACR 8065
398th History, Vol II
