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name
KASCH, Wallace Edward - Date of
birth
3 August 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Robert, Lake County, Indiana -
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35895845 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
600th Bombardment Squadron,
398th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
8 April 1945 - Place of
death
112 miles west of Frankfurt, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Edward L. Kasch (father)
Hulda M. (Buhr) Kasch (mother)
Bernell W. Kasch (brother)
Eunice M. Kasch (sister)
Vera M. Kash (sister)
Elwood E. Kasch (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-8811 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Derben, Germany
MACR: 13869
More information
S/Sgt Wallace E. Kasch attended Crown Point High School in Crown Point, Indiana.He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 30 September 1943.
Statement from Dawn A. Woodmansee, O-715114, 2nd Lt, 600th Bomber Squadron, Pilot, B17G 44-8699:
"I was flying on the left wing over the lead ship and at about five minutes after bombs away I saw a bright flash about the center of the vertical fin on the lead ship, and the rudder and tail gunners compartment fell away from the ship. I did not see the tail gunner fall out, as I was flying about even and the section that fell away was out of my line of vision."
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, MissingInAction.nl, Topic Adoption, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Birth Certificate / Family Tree
Photo source: MissingInAction.nl, Topic Adoption, www.ancestry.com - Crown Point High School Yearbook 1943