Walter J Wright
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
jeff coleman
Object Number - UPL 35139
Killed on Mission (KOM) 23 November 1942, B-17F 41-24506 'The Shiftless Skonk' while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft crashed near Watford/Leavesden on returning from a mission. Plane had been attacked by fighters. At rest at Maple Grove Cemetery, Queens County, New York.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Shiftless Skonk
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
23 November 1942 | Killed when the aircraft attempted and emergency landing at Watford/Leavesden UK. | |
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Buried |
At rest at Maple Grove Cemetery, Queens County, New York. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. All changes based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. "Lossed of the *th 7 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Combat Chronology Supplement, History of the 91st BG, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 49 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
