Dawson, Wallace Byron

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Dawson, Wallace Byron ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant
Serial Number	16084894 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron January 1943 Payroll Roster, effective 20 January 1943.
Duty	Armorer / Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	17 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf [actually Gneixendorf] Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 July 1920 Reclassified from Aerial Gunner Specialist (MOS) 611 to Armorer Specialist (MOS) 911 effective 12 April 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning report dated 14 April 1943. Placed on Detached Service on or about 2 August 1943 for approximately ten days to Gunnery School located at Snettisham, Norfolk; AAF Station 106 Special Orders 61 dated 2 August 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 294⇓ (1.307 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑30139⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by flak; crashed near Stangenroth (Bad Kissingen area), Germany. MACR 294 Sortie Report⇗

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