Walter McRae Bagot
MilitaryScanned from an original photo in the personal collection of the late Walter McRae Bagot.
Shot down 26 November 1944 in B-17 #43-37846 'Phony Express', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phony Express
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Biloxi, MS, USA | 29 July 1919 | |
Enlisted |
Jackson, MS, USA | 22 October 1940 | Aviation Cadet |
Died |
Phoenix, AZ, USA | 20 March 2001 | Maricopa County |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 26 November 1944 | Held as a POW at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany. |
Buried |
Phoenix, AZ, USA | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Plot: SEC E2 ROW A SITE 12 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
GENERAL ORDER # 565, dated 30 November 1944: From Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding Brigadier General Turner, dated 29 November 1944.
the service number indicated on Walter's records from 1961 is: FV697020, however there is a serial number on his enlistment record from 1940 which is 14023939
though it's difficult to decipher all of the abbreviations on the original document, these are awards I am sure are represented as given.
additional facts are from Walter Bagot's personal papers and family records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11144 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database