Walter C Bosworth Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) area withdrawal mission to Berlin. Intervened with E/A fighters, harassing lone B-17. Shot down by Me109 in P-38 42-104198, crashed near Sonnenborstel. Prisoner of War (POW). 8-May-44. MACR 14097.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Galveston, TX, USA | 25 May 1920 | |
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Other Shot down |
Sonnenborstel, 31634 Steimbke, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) area withdrawal mission to Berlin. Intervened with E/A fighters, harassing lone B-17. Shot down by Me109 in P-38 42-104198, crashed near Sonnenborstel. POW. 8-May-44. MACR 14097. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Galveston County, TX, USA | 7 February 1982 | |
| Galveston, TX, USA | |||
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Other Promotion |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Buried |
Dickinson, TX 77539, USA | Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery Dickinson Galveston County Texas USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4706 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list