Wallace Nathan "Wally" Emmer

Bud Emmer

USAAF   Captain

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PHOTO - Capt. Wallace N. Emmer, USAAF (353FS/354FG) - 14 victories
     (taken in front of his P-51B PEACEFUL PENGUIN in Feb. 1944 at Boxted Airfield, England)
     He named his a/c after "a flightless bird" because he had so many mechanical problems.

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From St. Louis Missouri

Known as "Bud" back home & "Wally" to the Sqn.
Shot down 9 Aug 1944 & taken prisoner
Died in captivity 15 Feb 1945 while being
transfered during a prisoner exchange

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PILOTS CLAIM 12 NAZI TANKS
Fighter-Bombers Back Up U.S. Thrust West Of St. Lo

27 July 1944 - Thunderbolt fighter-bomber pilots providing armed reconnaissance for First Army armored columns plunging through the German line west of St. Lo today claimed to have destroyed 12 German tanks and to have damaged several others.

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Victories Include :

20 Feb 1944
16 Mar 1944
13 Apr 1944
13 May 1944
28 May 1944
12 June 1944
14 June 1944
29 June 1944
26 July 1944
07 Aug 1944

 1
1
1
2
3
1
1
0.5
2.5
1		 ? e/a Destroyed
? e/a Destroyed
? e/a Destroyed
? e/a Destroyed
? e/a Destroyed
? e/a Destroyed
? e/a Destroyed
? e/a Destroyed [a]
? e/a Destroyed [b]
? e/a Destroyed

14 / ? / ?

[a] Shared with 1Lt. Robert Reynolds (353 FS)
[b] Shared with 1Lt. Carl G. Bickel (353 FS)

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--- American Aces ---

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Thanks to Tripp Alyn for the photo and notes

Dates/claims from the AF website

 

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