Walter Dale Shade
Military
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UPL 57722
Walter Dale Shade, Commanding Officer of the 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron.
Image courtesy of Nigel Dawe, who was sent this image from his friend Dale Shade
From April 1943 to May 1945, 37 missions P-38, 2 missions Spitfire, 11 missions P-51 Fighter escort for the unarmed F-5B Photo Recon. One bail out from burning F-5B (P-38) test flight at Mt. Farm.
6 AM/ DFC/ Croix de Guerre w/ Silver Star
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lima, Ohio | 17 April 1918 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey,pp.187-8