Walter Adell McClellan
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 27702 - At the age of 18, military service
Rammed by enemy aircraft in B-17 'The Towering Titan' #4338085. Landed by parachute in Biensdorf, GER. Arrested by SS; interrogated, ill-treated and shot after having to dig his own grave. After WW2 disinterred and reburied in the Burkhardswalde cemetery. In September 2008, exhumed and transferred to Hawaii for identification. Burial with full military honors Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, FL, on 23rd April 2010.
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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: Towering Titan, Organized Confusion
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
St. Augustine, Florida, Spojené státy americké | 25 August 1925 | |
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Died |
Biensdorf, 01825 Liebstadt, Deutschland | 17 April 1945 | |
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Buried |
Pensacola, Florida, USA | 23 April 2010 | Barrancas National Cemetery |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14172
MACR 14172 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
