Walter J Finnegan

Military
media-7087.jpeg UPL 7087 B-17 Silver Slipper 42-32045 (Crew # HH92) Group photo. Left to Right: Bottom Row - 1st Lt. Charles E. Quinby (Pilot); 2nd Lt. Herbert R. Jackson (Co-Pilot); 2nd Lt. Joseph Bernstein (Bombardier); S/Sgt. Arthur J. Schwaiger (Ball Gunner); T/Sgt. Joseph K. Duplechain (Engineer); Top Row: T/Sgt. John L. Jones (Radio); 2nd Lt. Bruce K. Bockstanz (Navigator); ), S/Sgt. Norman F. Christian (Right Waist Gunner); S/Sgt. Walter J. Finnegan (Tail Gunner); S/Sgt. Paul F. Nulton (Left Waist Gunner)

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Object Number - UPL 7087 - B-17 Silver Slipper 42-32045 (Crew # HH92) Group photo. Left to Right: Bottom Row - 1st Lt. Charles E. Quinby (Pilot); 2nd Lt. Herbert R. Jackson...

POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Koblenz on 7/19/44 in B-17 Silver Slipper #4232045



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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (QJ-R, serial number 42-32045) of the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.

42-32045

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Slipper
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 19 July 1944

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 07411

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7411 / MACR 7411; Snetterton Falcons, pg 169, 178 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Walter J Finnegan: Gallery (6 items)

Object number: UPL 7087 - B-17 Silver Slipper 42-32045 (Crew # HH92) Group...

Object number: UPL 7088 - After the War - Left to Right: Bruce K. Bockstanz...

Object number: UPL 7089 - Private Norman F. Christian at Gunnery School in...

Object number: UPL 7090 - Staff Sergeant Norman F. Christian at his parents...

Object number: UPL 7092 - S/Sergeant Norman F. Christian and T/Sergeant...

Object number: UPL 7093 - Norman F. Christian and a B-17