Walter B Graves
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 749FS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Returning to base from diversion airfield, letting down on instruments, crashed two miles north of Great Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) 23-12-44. Died Non Battle (DNB).
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16134977 / O-812261
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
media-30710.pdf
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Document 30710
Remembering the Crew of B-17G 43-38812.
Added caption and association.
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
29 September 1942 | ||
Died |
23 December 1944 | Returning to base from diversion airfield, letting down on instruments, crashed two miles north of Great Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) 23-12-44. Died Non Battle (DNB). | |
Born |
Son of Main W and Pearl J Graves. | ||
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England | ||
Born |
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Based |
23 December 1944 | Assigned to 749FS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia