Son of Edward Lewis and Hulda M Kasch
B-17 #44-8811 of the 398th BG received a direct hit in the tail by flak on 08 April 1945. The tail section was blown off. The tail gunner S/Sgt. Wallace E. Kasch went with it without parachute.
The ship returned to base with rest of the crew. No information found, that S/Sgt. Kasch's body or remains found or recovered.
1Lt. John L. Hahn and Lt. Col. Edwin B. Daily inspect what is left of the tail.
B-17 #44-8811 of the 398th BG received a direct hit in the tail by flak on 08 April 1945. The tail section was blown off. The tail gunner S/Sgt. Wallace E. Kasch went with it without parachute.
The ship returned to base with rest of the crew. No information found, that S/Sgt. Kasch's body or remains found or recovered.
1Lt. John L. Hahn and Lt. Col. Edwin B. Daily inspect what is left of the tail.
Son of Edward Lewis and Hulda M Kasch
B-17 #44-8811 of the 398th BG received a direct hit in the tail by flak on 08 April 1945. The tail section was blown off. The tail gunner S/Sgt. Wallace E. Kasch went with it without parachute.
The ship returned to base with rest of the crew. No information found, that S/Sgt. Kasch's body or remains found or recovered.
1Lt. John L. Hahn and Lt. Col. Edwin B. Daily inspect what is left of the tail.
B-17 #44-8811 of the 398th BG received a direct hit in the tail by flak on 08 April 1945. The tail section was blown off. The tail gunner S/Sgt. Wallace E. Kasch went with it without parachute.
The ship returned to base with rest of the crew. No information found, that S/Sgt. Kasch's body or remains found or recovered.
1Lt. John L. Hahn and Lt. Col. Edwin B. Daily inspect what is left of the tail.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Indiana.
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