Leo Frank Walton Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. On practice mission, became lost shortly after take off, failing to form up with section. Landed in Czechoslovakia with a badly wounded crew member. POW. MACR 2968.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Cee Gee
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chambers County, AL | 24 September 1922 | Son of Leo Frank and Ida Gunn Walton. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, AL | 5 November 1942 | Fort McClellan, Alabama |
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Other Forced down |
Czechoslovakia | 4 February 1944 | On practice mission, became lost shortly after take off, failing to form up with section. Landed in Czechoslovakia with a badly wounded crew member. POW. MACR 2968. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
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Died |
Lafayette, Chambers County, AL | 28 March 2016 | |
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Buried |
LaFayette Cemetery Lafayette, Chambers County, AL | 31 March 2016 | LaFayette Cemetery Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama |
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Based |
Old Buckenham | 4 February 1944 | Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Updated POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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Sources
MACR 2968 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database