James O Walker III

Military

Shot 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

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Floozy
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

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

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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306th Echoes April '97

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Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014. Added crew position to description per MACR 16448.

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Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014. Made aircraft association.

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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.

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Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16448; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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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