James O Walker III
MilitaryShot down 18 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24474 'Floozy' while serving as Navigator. Aircraft was ditched into the sea 2 miles off of the Ile d'Oussant, France. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 16448.
POW
He died 14 March 1991 in Franklin TN.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Floozy
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 18 November 1942 - 19 July 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 19-Jul-45. |
Other Ditched |
Ushant, France | 18 November 1942 | Managed to exit the aircraft when it was ditched into the sea. |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014. Added crew position to description per MACR 16448.
Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014. Added crash location to description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air forces' satna Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added ditching event and aircraft association per MACR 16448.
Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16448; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey pp. 46-47 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia