Jay F Walker
Military
Back Row: James Lawrence (TG); Leslie D "Bus" Newman (R); Dan Vogel (Eng/TT); Maj Arthur Bean (CA/CP); 1st Lt. Lawrence Van Etten (MN).
Front Row: 1st Lt. Herbert H. Schaaf (OBS/TG; 1st Lt. Jay Walker (P); 1st Lt. George Smith (B); 2nd Lt. Jack Shattuck (N); 2nd Lt. Albert Merlis (GHN).
Object Number - UPL 67802 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 28 December 1944/ Bruhl Rail Yard. Back Row: James Lawrence (TG); Leslie D "Bus" Newman (R); Dan Vogel (Eng/TT); Maj...
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #208 dated 20 October 1944 as Crew Pilot. 30 Combat missions.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
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Other Award |
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, USA | 8 April 2015 | San Diego, CA -- The Government of France bestowed the National Order of The Legion of Honor in the rank of Chevalier (Knight) to 14 World War II Veterans at a ceremony at the San Diego Air & Space Museum on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The award is the highest honor France bestows on its citizens and foreign nationals. |
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Born |
Saint Louis, MO, USA |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
