Wallace Grady Bland
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 49392 - 1st Lt Wallace Grady Bland, 83FS, 78FG
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 49FS, 14FG, 12AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing/bombing mission to Sicily, Italy in P-38G 43-2389 hit by flak with port engine smoking and losing power, lost control of A/C and baled out, chute did not deploy. Killed in Action (KIA). 10-Jul-43. MACR 100.
Awards: AM (4 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
![Airmen of the 14th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force work on a P-38 Lightning in Gibraltar. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 26 Nov 1942'[stamp], '235287.'[censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'AFNA-ZEI-42-1745, Nov 10 42. US fighter plane on air-drome somewhere in Mediterranian theater of war'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456769.jpg.webp?itok=5hCocB1c)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Montgomery, AL, USA | 26 September 1941 | Montgomery, Alabama |
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Other Crashed |
Hill Field Rd, Layton, UT 84041, USA | 15 September 1942 | Taxiing Accident Ground Loop Hill Field, UT Cat 4 damage 2Lt Wallace G Bland, 15-Sep-42. P-38F 41-2236 - 83FS 78FG |
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Other Transferred |
El Battan, Tunisia | 10 February 1943 - 10 July 1943 | Transferred to 49FS, 14FG, 12AF USAAF. |
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Other Killed in action |
95046 Palagonia CT, Italy | 10 July 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) strafing/bombing mission to Sicily, Italy hit by flak with port engine smoking and losing power, lost control of A/C and baled out, chute did not deploy. Killed in Action (KIA). 10-Jul-43. MACR 100. |
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Based |
Duxford | 10 February 1943 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Cullman County, AL, USA | ||
| Hanceville, AL 35077, USA | |||
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Buried |
Hopewell Cemetery Hanceville Cullman County AL | Memorialised Hopewell Cemetery Hanceville Cullman County Alabama, USA | |
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Other Flight training |
Corsicana Airport, Corsicana, TX 75109, USA | Flight training at Corsicana Airfield, Navaro County, TX, USA. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133
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