Walter E Corby
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26905 - 2nd. Lt. Walter E. Corby, 357th Fighter Group
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Returning from France in an AT-6 Texan, Corby and S/Sgt "Schunny" were killed as their A/C flew into bad weather returning to Leiston. Crashed Swingate/ nr Dover Killed in Service (KIS) 27-Jan-45.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: AT-6 Texan/Harvard
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Essex County, NJ, USA | 22 February 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ, USA | 28 October 1942 | |
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Based |
Leiston | 8 September 1944 - 27 January 1945 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 12 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died Killed in Service (KIS) |
Swingate, Dover CT15 5DW, UK | 27 January 1945 | Returning from France in an AT-6 Texan, Corby and S/Sgt "Schunny" were killed as their A/C flew into bad weather returning to Leiston. Crashed Swingate/ nr Dover Killed in Service (KIS) 27-Jan-45. |
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Buried |
28 January 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
2040 Wellwood Ave, Wyandanch, NY 11798, USA | Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology;
- Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
