Charles L Walker

Military

media-13140.jpeg UPL 13140 Photo of Chuck Walker & Johny Burke, 445th Bomb Group, Tibenham. Both were assigned to the 700th Bomb Squadron. 445th Bomb Group collection

NARA records of the 445th Unit Historian.

Object Number - UPL 13140 - Photo of Chuck Walker & Johny Burke, 445th Bomb Group, Tibenham. Both were assigned to the 700th Bomb Squadron.

Flew 35 missions. His crew had the distinction of completing their tour by putting the 100th mission on the Bunnie, #42-7619. He stayed with the 445th in a non-combat capacity until May 1945.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

700th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-7619

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Bunnie
Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 702nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Anna, Illinois	6 August 1918

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:50

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Birsic, Turner 2AD, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 & Page 435 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia