Wallace McIntosh Military person

Flight Lieutenant Wallace McIntosh DFC and Bar, DFM (27 March 1920 – 4 June 2007) flew 55 bombing missions with the RAF during the Second World War as an air gunner in Lancaster bombers. He was recognized as the most successful air gunner in Bomber Command, having shot down eight enemy aircraft (7 were shared with M/U Gunner Larry Sutherland) two "probables" and one "damaged" (also shared with Sutherland). In one operation on the day after D-Day, they shot down three German night fighters.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 27, 1920
Birth place
Scotland , Tarves
Date of deathJune 04, 2007
Place of death
Aberdeen , Scotland

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military operations
World War II
service start1939
service end1948

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External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/6726347.stm
  2. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2659661.ece
  3. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/wmc
  4. http://www.flyingforyourlife.com/gunners/ww2/sutherland
  5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/09/db0901.xml
  6. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1923658.ece