Wallach, Charles Devay

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Wallach, Charles Devay, "BUDDY" ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-703353
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 23 April 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	24 April 1944
Results	Interned, Neutral Country
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 11 June 1923 Interned in Switzerland.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4347⇓ (12.357 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Burry, James Edgar⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Keate, Richard Clifford⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Wallach, Charles Devay, "BUDDY"	Navigator	INT
2nd Lt. Greenebaum, Jesse Leon⇗	Bombardier	KIA
S/SGT. Silag, William Joseph⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Newall, Raymond Alexander⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	INT
SGT. Melazzi, Anthony Theodore, Jr⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
SGT. Pratt, Sidney John⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
SGT. Sendlbeck, Richard Michael⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA
SGT. Hollingsworth, Richard Ray⇗	Flexible Gunner	INT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Navigator	42‑102446⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Struck by flak on bomb run; after bombing left formation and headed for Switzerland; shot down by Swiss aircraft, crashing into the Greifensee. MACR 4347. This aircraft was recovered from lake in the 1950's. Sortie Report⇗

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