John R Walker Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 28072 - Close up of Martin Marauder B-26B, 41-31765, ER-X, Fightin' Cock, - 450th BS, 322nd BG, and the 9th AF.
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Returned to base in severely battle damaged A/C, ordered enlisted men to bail out. While trying to land the plane skidded off the runway and into the control tower. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15747.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16119103
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36650962
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16108300
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19069933 / O-764829
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37527425
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Fightin Cock
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Winston-Salem, NC | 27 May 1942 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Died |
Andrewsfield Aviation Ltd, Saling Airfield Stebbing Great Dunmow Essex CM6 3TH, United Kingdom | 12 August 1944 | Returned to base in severely battle damaged A/C, ordered enlisted men to bail out. While trying to land the plane skidded off the runway and into the control tower. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15747. |
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Buried |
13 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 6 Grave 58 | |
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Based |
Andrews Field | 12 August 1944 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Guilford County, NC |
Revisions
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography".
Key Image ID.
A/C Description - https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/964
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-31765&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/47350050
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763350/?terms=O-814603%20John%20R%20Walk…
https://www.fold3.com/page/87958835_john_r%20walker/details/
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56287230
