George LeRoy Walker Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
My grandmother was George’s sister. This photo was in her documents after she passed away.
Object Number - UPL 57550 - George LeRoy Walker Jr.
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down when about ten minutes from the Danish coast on the return from a mission to Aalborg airfield, Denmark on 22-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31409. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty run
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Clifton, ID | 20 May 1922 | Son of George Leroy Sr and Ellen Elizabeth [Hess] Walker. |
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Died |
North Sea | 22 February 1944 | |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based Killed in action |
Chelveston | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Farmington City Cemetery Farmington, Davis County, UT | Memorialised Farmington City Cemetery Farmington, Davis County, Utah |
Revisions
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2648, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
