Leslie Richard Walker

Military

Assigned to 711BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97501. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4253



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704569
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36559277
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13013130
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810250
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Missions

  • Date: 20 April 1944
  • Date: 13 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Penrose, CO 6 April 1923 Son of Harold Enos and Marguerite Estelle [Gierhart] Walker.

Other

Commissioned

Alexandria AAF, LA 19 June 1943 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Died

Siestedt, Germany 29 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97501. KIA MACR 4253

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Rattlesden 29 April 1944 Assigned to 711BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot D Row 48 Grave 26

Enlisted

Colorado Springs, CO Colorado Springs, Colorado

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LA Rogers diary and mission cards

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MACR 4253

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MACR 4253

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4253 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database