James B Walden

Military
media-19540.jpeg UPL 19540 2nd LT James B. Walden

2nd Lt. James B. Walden

Object Number - UPL 19540 - 2nd LT James B. Walden

29 missions. Shot down over Stuttgart 6 December 1944 in A/C #43-38362. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany. Plane was 'Sleepy Time Gal'. He flew on the Robert Brown crew.



AM w/ 4 OLC, PH, POW.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32741414
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36683108
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-815824
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18162152
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Verna e
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Extra Joker
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: How Soon?
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

  • Date: 9 December 1944
  • Date: 26 November 1944
  • Date: 9 November 1944
  • Date: 8 November 1944
  • Date: 5 November 1944

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

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Born

Atlanta, Georgia, USA 18 February 1921 His only brother also flew B24's with 854th Bomb Squadron, 491st BG

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Wolfach, Germany 9 December 1944 Captured at Wolfach, Germany and transported to Stalag Luft I in Barth on the Baltic coast of Germany.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi… / self, MACR 11342, First Over Germany pg. 294, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards,

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