Walter T Sybo
MilitaryWalter Sybo was a Top Turret Gunner in the 92nd Bomb Group / 407th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 22 December 1943 on board B-17 # 42-3184. Prisoner of War (POW). After arriving back stateside, Walter married Marie Costanzo. They had one daughter 3/21/1947 Sharyn Sybo (Ashburn). Walter worked as a auto sales person and made dealership manger at McKay Cadillac in Pittsburgh. After retirement his hobbies were traveling the world, wood working, gardening and entertaining his friends and family. He would often teach his grandchildren wood working. He loves a good martini and good tobacco for his pipe. Sharyn had 2 children John and Michael Ashburn. John passed away in Oregon in 2017 from an brian aneurysm. Michael Ashburn lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife (Jenny)and one son.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10601061
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39089357 and O-752500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11117005
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36015693 and O-687757
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32164122 and O-801644
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: U.S.S.. Aliquippa
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 December 1943
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennsylvania, United States | 6 April 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 31 October 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW). |
22 December 1943 | Captured near Getelo, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : “POW in Germany - Returned to military control 10 August 1945.” | |
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Died |
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States | 27 October 2003 | Complications due to stroke. |
| sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
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Buried |
St. Mary's Cemetary 15215 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1711 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database