Walter Orlon Faulkner
Military
Michael Vaughan
Object Number - UPL 52118 - Lt Bernard E Vaughan (Pilot) and Walter O Faulkner (Co-Pilot) 493rd BG in Atlantic City - April 1945 after return from the ETO.
Originally assigned to 487th BG, completed 2 x combat missions.
Re-assigned to 493rd BG, 861st BS, 8AF USAAF. Completed a further 28 combat missions
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Keene, Cheshire, NH | 6 February 1922 | Son of Claude S and Bertha M Faulkner. |
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Enlisted |
4 November 1942 | ||
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Other |
6 January 1944 | Honourable discharge. (7th January 1944 commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant) | |
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Based |
Debach | 24 June 1944 - 19 April 1945 | Assigned to 861BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
6 May 1996 | ||
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Buried |
Monadnock View Cemetery Keene, Cheshire County, NH | 9 May 1996 | Monadnock View Cemetery Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php
