Walter Davis Gernand
Military ROLL OF HONOURCaption date is clearly incorrect, as Walter D Gernand was Killed in Action on 8-Jun-44. To his left stands Lt. Clayton Hackman.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
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
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
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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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