Wallace, Wilfred Clark (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Killed in Action 1944-June-24
Birth Date: 1920-February-02
Born:
Parents: Son of Thomas Arthur and Laura M. Wallace, of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Nelson, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
59 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/134952
Nelson, British Columbia
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Liberator FL977
Mission
Liberator MK. V FL977
Bombing 1944-June-24 to 1944-June-24
(C) Sqn (RAF) Ballykelly
At 0415 hrs, on returning from an operational mission in bad weather, the aircraft flew in to Binevenagh at an altitude of about 900 feet when attempting to land at Ballykelly, having previously had to abandon two attempted approaches, the Liberator exploded and all the crew were killed:
FL 977 were on a night anti-sub patrol when they crashed The aircraft struck the mountain fifty feet below the 1,280 foot summit. WOs W.C.Wallace, F.G. Logan, Pilot Officer G.W. Gerring,Warrant Officer H.G. Coombe (RNZAF), and five of the crew, not Canadians,were killed.
source: Malcolm Deeley, Ulster Aviation Society
Liberator FL977 MK. V - Bombing - 1944-06-24 to 1944-06-24
Squadron: (C) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-06-24
Completion Date: 1944-06-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
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Target Specific:
Base: Ballykelly
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Crash City: Binevenagh, N.Ireland
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group June 24, 1944
99 Halifaxes from 424, 427, 429, 431, 433, and434 squadrons were ordered to attack a V-1 launching site at Bonnetot. The sky was clear and the crews bombed from between 12,000 and 14,500 feet, releasing 753,000 lbs of high explosives accurately on target. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
At 0415 hrs, on returning from an operational mission in bad weather, the aircraft flew in to Binevenagh at an altitude of about 900 feet when attempting to land at Ballykelly, having previously had to abandon two attempted approaches, the Liberator exploded and all the crew were killed:
FL 977 were on a night anti-sub patrol when they crashed The aircraft struck the mountain fifty feet below the 1,280 foot summit. WOs W.C.Wallace, F.G. Logan, Pilot Officer G.W. Gerring,Warrant Officer H.G. Coombe (RNZAF), and five of the crew, not Canadians,were killed.
source: Malcolm Deeley, Ulster Aviation Society
