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Personal info

Full name
REED, Wallace Arthur
Date of birth
18 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Hometown
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37498459
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
734th Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1944
Place of death
Near Göttingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 26 18

Immediate family

Members
Roy C. Reed (father)
Juanita H. (Cutler) Reed (mother)
Melvin B. Reed (brother)
Patricia A. Reed (sister)
Roy C. Reed, Jr (brother)
James M. Reed (brother)
Robert L. Reed (brother)
Mark E. Reed (brother)
Wanda J. Reed (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52139
Data
Type: B-24H
Deatination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Muhlenbau und Industrie Aktiengesellschaft (MIAG) aviation industry
MACR: 2780

More information

According to witness statements of other crews, the airplane was seen on fire and blew up, some 10 miles after the target was bombed.

According to a surviving crew member, T/Sgt Robert L. Golen, there was a fire in the bomb bay.

Six crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Four were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemoorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, Vicky Phoenix, WWII Draft Card, 1940 US Census

Photo source: Jac Engels