James B Walden
Military
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32347211
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818654
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39410137
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755088
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6281791
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 November 1944
- Date: 15 October 1944
- Date: 9 October 1944
- Date: 7 October 1944
- Date: 6 October 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 18 February 1921 | His only brother also flew B24's with 854th Bomb Squadron, 491st BG |
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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. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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,
