Emmitt W Wallace

Military

As part Spitfire VB W3133 had mechanical problems 18 Feb 1943 while on a navigation flight. Wallace made a wheels up landing on a beach near Boston, Lincolnshire. Was part of an Observation Group that would be transferred to the 9th AF.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Cawnpore I
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 79