Maxwell Wallace G.

Name:

Wallace G. Maxwell

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-797688

Unit:

360th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1945-05-22

State:

Florida

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Comments:

Wallace G. Maxwell was born on January 27, 1921, in Alma, Michigan.

He enlisted in MacDill Field, Florida on 18 March 1942. He served in the 360th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant and Pilot of the P-47 #42-76499 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on May 22, 1945, when his plane was hit by flak at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

1Lt Maxwell's body was never recovered. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

Statement of 2Lt Wayne E. Leathers:
"I was flying vortex blue four on Lt. Maxwell's wing, on a Chattanooga [bombing and strafing trains] mission to the Wilhelmshaven area. Due to weather we could not definitely pin point our position and when leaving the area, we accidentally crossed over a very heavily defended area at about 6,ooo feet. We began taking individual evasive action and about one minute later I heard Lt. Maxwell call in that he was hit and was going to bail out. That was the last I heard or saw of Lt. Maxwell."

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.americanairmuseum.com