John H Walker Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
From 352nd FG files
Object Number - UPL 82452 - Lt. John H Walker Jr, Los Angeles, CA, 328th FS, KIA 8th February 1944 in P-47D 42-8527 PE-V ‘Ramblin’ Rebel’ of Capt. Robert H Sharp,...
Shot down by FW190 on the return from a bomber escort mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in P-47D #42-8527. A/C crashed near Hirson, FR. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Belgium | 8 February 1944 | |
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Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "near" was misspelled.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2152 / MACR 2152, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
