Walter C Euwer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16686.jpeg UPL 16686 Lieutenant Walter C. Euwers crew call themselves "The Nasty Ten". Here their radioman, Sergeant Sam Blatchford, Navajo Indian of Fort Defiance, Arizona, decorates the back of the leather jacket of their Tail Gunner, Sergeant Louis A. ("Staff") Hamilton, of Adrian, Michigan, while (left to right) Euwer, Waist Gunner, Sergeant Cyril Koval, of Jersey City, New Jersey and Tail Gunner Sergeant Clifford D. Hart, of Wenachee, Washington,

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Object Number - UPL 16686 - Lieutenant Walter C. Euwers crew call themselves "The Nasty Ten". Here their radioman, Sergeant Sam Blatchford, Navajo Indian of Fort Defiance,...

Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29901, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29901

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

16 September 1943

Born

Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France, A 18 6

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 16 September 1943

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1347 / MACR 1347; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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