Walter Davis Gernand

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-48290.jpeg UPL 48290 Caption: "Lt. W.D. Gernand is congratulated after he was presented the Air Medal at an 8th Air Force Base in England. 14 June 1944."

Caption date is clearly incorrect, as Walter D Gernand was Killed in Action on 8-Jun-44. To his left stands Lt. Clayton Hackman.

Object Number - UPL 48290 - Caption: "Lt. W.D. Gernand is congratulated after he was presented the Air Medal at an 8th Air Force Base in England. 14 June 1944." Caption date...

Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed into hill near High Wycombe at night upon returning from mission over D-day beach head. Flying de Havilland Mosquito NS555. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19177415
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Cameraman

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Galveston, TX 15 February 1918 Son of Clarence A and Catherine J [Perthuis] Gernand.

Enlisted

Houston, TX 26 April 1941 Houston, Texas

Died

Vicinity High Wycombe 8 June 1944

Buried

9 June 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot B Row 3 Grave 47

Based

Watton 8 June 1944 Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

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ContributorWattonman
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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

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Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- The 25th BG (Rcn) by Normsn Malaney;
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Combat Chronology; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 75, 175 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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