Walter E Warner

Military

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed a tour with the 100th. ETD

Returned from Merseburg in B-17 42-97071 30-Nov-44; A/C took flak hit, Navigator killed by shrapnel wound to head. RTD



Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

John Henry McLaughlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97071

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Andy's Dandys
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

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Born

Based

Thorpe Abbotts Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.
Sykesville, MD

Revisions

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100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia