William C Walker
Military ROLL OF HONOURBombardier, Zeman crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 42-30676 'Baby Dumpling'. Mission #57 to the airfield at Tours, France. Hit by an air to air rocket. MACR 1962. Killed in Action. Lt Walker didn't have a parachute so the navigator, Lt Bisagna, gave him one. Either he didn't put it on or it failed to open. Buried in the Normandy AMC.
Denver, CO
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811523
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34700544
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15377732
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32489361
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39406766
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baby Dumpling, Danny Dumpling
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
5 January 1944 | ||
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Born |
Denver, Colorado | ||
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot D Row 5 Grave 42 |
Revisions
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1962 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia