Garner Walters Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
LEFT TO RIGHT:
T/Sgt. Robert Mueller, Tail Gunner; 2nd . Lt. William D. Wood, Co-pilot; 1st Lt. Marvin D. Anderson, Navigator; T/Sgt. James. E. Purton, Right Waist Gunner; T/Sgt. Woodrow Wade, Left Waist Gunner; T/Sgt. Oscar Mouton, Ball Turret Gunner; T/Sgt. Casmir Lekowski, Top Turret Gunner; 1st Lt. L. R. Dobbs, Bombardier; 1st Lt. Eldridge Greer, Pilot; T/Sgt. Garner Walters, Radio Operator/Gunner.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JIM PURTON
Object Number - UPL 51067 - Spirit of '44 (42-37940) 1st Lt. Eldridge Greer's Crew, 322nd Squadron, 91st BG LEFT TO RIGHT: T/Sgt. Robert Mueller, Tail Gunner; 2nd . Lt....
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-5795 'Skoal', Returned to base. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Warendorf, GR on another mission to Oscherslaben on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39898 'Boston Bombshell'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spirit of 44
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Boston Bombshell *
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Skoal
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
22 February 1944 |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added S/N from info at American Battle Monuments Commision Burials and Memorials.
Updated Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56304948.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56304948/garner-walters
Changed the label for a Died event to KIA per info in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a connection to the A/C #42-39898 listed in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 2642, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 381