Charles Emmitt Walker Jr

Military
media-6930.jpeg UPL 6930 Lt. Charles E. Walker
466th BG - 784th BS
Co-Pilot on Crew #765 (David Bridgers Crew) and Crew #746/476 (B.J. Saunders Crew)

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 6930 - Lt. Charles E. Walker 466th BG - 784th BS Co-Pilot on Crew #765 (David Bridgers Crew) and Crew #746/476 (B.J. Saunders Crew)

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Units served with

People

Jack Starlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Joseph Edward Van Dyke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Andrew Van Slot

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36459335
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Dewey Arnold Whisenant

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-722406
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

44-40253

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hard Luck
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron

44-49582

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fran
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Missions

817

  • Date: 3 February 1945

809

  • Date: 28 January 1945
Personnel of the 355th Fighter Squadron at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'

791

  • Date: 13 January 1945

787

  • Date: 8 January 1945

781

  • Date: 5 January 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Simpson County, MS, USA 21 January 1922

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL, USA 22 February 1943

Other

Assigned to the 466th BG

Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK 1 October 1944

Died

Picayune, MS 39466, USA 27 March 1992

Buried

Picayune, MS 39466, USA 30 March 1992 New Palestine Cemetery Picayune Pearl River County Mississippi, USA Plot: City Sec. C, Row 3
Sanatorium, MS 39114, USA

Revisions

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Sources

David Bridgers' entry in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 56

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Walker&GSfn=Charl…;
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=900930

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Archives - Letter and flight logs received from Mrs. Charles E. Walker - 1 June 1995

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Archives

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Archives

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 331

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