Walter R Frederick
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1st Lt Walter R. Frederick 8th AF 56th FG 63rd.
Enlisted at 18 via Canada/RCAF. Flew 400 hours/20 forays. Received Volunteer Service Award.
Transferred to 63rd FG / 56th FG when the US entered the war and moved to Boxted AFB.
Flew 500 hours/100 missions, ground straffing; 1.5 kills; targeted trains, barges, caravans, depots.
Transferred to 301st FW / 20th AF Dec 1944.
Transferred to 463rd FS / 507th FG in Pacific in 1 Jul 1945.
Flew over 100 missions between Aug 1943 and July 1945.
Based at Ryukyu Islands
Shot down at Ibusuki Pt. in Sea of Japan, flew 4 missions on his last day, 28 July 1945.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15082274 / T-000977 / O-2045005
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
- Service Numbers: O-659308
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810527
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-061581
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15081882 at enlistment, then O-659316
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Brownsville | 10 November 1921 | |
Enlisted Promoted |
Montreal | 15 March 1942 | |
Other Training |
Victoriaville | 15 March 1942 - 5 June 1942 | |
Other Training |
Uplands | 7 June 1942 | |
Based |
Halesworth | 8 July 1943 - 17 August 1943 | RCAF pilot transferred to USAAF |
Based |
Rednal, Shropshire | 17 August 1943 - 1 July 0943 | 56th FG 63rd FS |
Based |
Boxted | 18 April 1944 - 20 December 1944 | 56th FG 63rd FS 8th AF |
Based |
20 December 1944 - 30 June 1945 | 301st FW 20th AF Okinawa | |
Based |
1 July 1945 - 28 July 1945 | 463rd FW 537th FS 8th AF Ryukyu Islands | |
Buried |
Pearl Harbor Memorial | 28 July 1945 | Court of the Missing - 7 |
Revisions
Frederick Family Archives, DOD, local and regional newspapers
First official after RCAF in England transfer to 56th FG 63rd FS in December 1943
Correspondence with heirs of Lt. Reed who knew Lt. Frederick by nickname.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm