Walter E Mackey

Military

Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. 1-Dec-43 on mission to Solingen, B-24 42-40793 'Blonds Away' was damaged by fighters and exploded while trying to land. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40793

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Blonds Away
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron 567th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ohio 8 May 1919 Son of Eino N and Hilma Mackey.

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 30 January 1941 Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Died

Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12, UK 1 December 1943 Target - Solingen, Germany, 1-Dec-43, Manston, England Crash landed at emergency field due to battle damage. KIA. MACR 3983.

Buried

Elmwood Cemetery Hammond, Lake County, IN Elmwood Cemetery Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Based

Manston 1 December 1943 Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 406