Walter Eppes Dooley
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Cpt. Ross C. Bales (pilot), 1Lt. Walter E. Dooley (Co-pilot), 2Lt. Paul M. Thomas (Navigator), 2Lt Carlton Browning (Navigator), KNEELING LEFT TO RIGHT: SGT. Homer T. Perkins (Waist Gunner), T/SGT. Raymond K. Winter Jr. (engineer), SGT. Jack D. Snell (Tail Gunner) S/SGT. Raymond H. Kilgore (Radio), S/SGT Joseph G. Zsampar (Ball Turret Gunner). MACR 15593
Object Number - UPL 50533 - FDR's Potato Peeler Kids, 303rd Bg. KIA 14 May 1943 (except 2Lt. Browning who was KIA 31 March 1943) STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Cpt. Ross C. Bales...
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17F 42-5243 "FDR's Potato Peeler Kids", 303BG/359BS. Battle damaged aircraft crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15593
Mission participation (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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People
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- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 13 January 1943
- Date: 12 December 1942
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- Date: 22 November 1942
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Knox County, Tennessee | 4 November 1920 | Son of Charles L and Loula [McCoy] Dooley. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK |
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Other Mission #1 2LT Walter E. Dooley w/B-17F 41-24566 |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Baot pens at Lorient, France, RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2 2LT Walter E. Dooley, w/B-17F 41-24565, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24565 "Idaho Potato Peeler", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France but mechanical failures fored the pilot to abort the sortie. |
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Other Mission #3 2LT Walter E. Dooley, w/B-17F 41-24565, 303BG/359BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24565 "Idaho Potato Peeler", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4 2LT Walter E. Dooley, w/B-17F 41-24565, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24565 "Idaho Potato Peeler", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #5 2LT Walter E. Dooley, w/B-17F 41-24609, 303BG/359BS |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 27 January 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24609 "Holy Mackerel", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the naval facilities and U-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #6 2LT Walter E. Dooley, w/B-17F 42-5423, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Osnabrück, Germany | 4 February 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 42-5423 "FDR's Potato Peeler Kids", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the industrial areas of Osnabruck, Germany, but mechancial failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Promotion in Rank |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 10 February 1943 | Promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. |
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Other Mission #7 1LT Walter E. Dooley, w/B-17F 42-5423, 303BG/359BS - Recalled |
Hamm, Germany | 14 February 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 42-5423 "FDR's Potato Peeler Kids", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. Severe cold and weather forced Wing Commmand to reacll the entire 303BG formation. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #8 1LT Walter E. Dooley, w/B-17F 42-5423, 303BG/359BS |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 26 February 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 42-5423 "FDR's Potato Peeler Kids", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the port area and U-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. RTB OK. |
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Other Killed in Action |
North Sea | 14 May 1943 | Killed in Action when battle damaged aircraft crashed into the North Sea. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Buried Commemorated |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 15-Mar-43. Added Promoted in Rank event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #8 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 26-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/017.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 14-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/015.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 4-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/014.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 27-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/012.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 15-Mar-2016. Made connections to Aircraft 41-24609 and Missions of 27-Jan-43, 4-Feb-43 and 14-Feb-43 per 303BG wensite, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports of dates stated: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf.
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission event #2 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission event #1 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Decoration per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records.
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Arrived at Station event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian and "The B-17 Flying Fortress Stroy", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Commemorted event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records.
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015 Made connections to aircraft and missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Unit designation for aircraft and MACR # to Summary Biography per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) MACR 15593; Changed Died event to Killed in Action event.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15593, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 118 by Bishop & Hey, WW II National Memorial