Walter Crockett Swarner Jr

Military

Assigned to 515BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Messina, Sicily, 30-Apr-43; Flak took out No.3 engine and port flaps, fell away from formation being harried by several Me-109's, ditched in sea. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3305



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

376th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24200

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wittle Wed Wabbit
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group 515th Bomb Squadron

Places

Berca

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Berka, al Birkah

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tipton, MO 26 September 1919 Son of Walter Crockett Sr and Dorothy Culbertson [Maclay] Swarner.

Enlisted

Houston, TX 31 May 1941 Houston, Texas

Died

Vicinity of Messina, Sicily 30 April 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Messina, Sicily, 30-Apr-43; Flak took out No.3 engine and port flaps, fell away from formation being harried by several Me-109's, ditched in sea. KIA MACR 3305

Based

Berca 30 April 1943 Assigned to 515BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis
Texas Entered service from Texas

Buried

Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tipton, Moniteau County, MO Memorialised Odd Fellows Cemetery Tipton, Moniteau County, Missouri

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