Walter Edward Yurkutat
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 in B-17G 42-37819. Crashed NE of Brunswick, Germany. Killed in Action.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newark, New Jersey | 27 March 1920 | |
Died Killed in Action |
Brunswick, Germany | 8 March 1944 | |
Buried |
Hollywood Memorial Park, 1500 Stuyvesant Ave, Union, NJ 07083, USA |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3087, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces