Wallace, George Ernest
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | George Ernest |
Surname | Wallace |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Samuel Robert and Annie Elizabeth Wallace, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ842 |
Markings | KO-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Perreuse Chateau National Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 2. Row B. Grave 2. |
Epitaph | BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 259 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/10183 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-11-1942 |
End Date | 23-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 222 aircraft, 10 losses (4.5%). PFF had difficulty marking the target due to cloud cover and as a result most of the bombs fell on the suburbs of the city. One low level attack on the railway station was successful, however. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter (Ju 88) and crashed ESE of Meaux, France |