Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 28 x missions. He flew plane 'Weary Bones'. Had a crew mascot named Boike, a small black dog, who flew from Nebraska to England with his own oxygen mask and parachute. On a test flight over base at Thurleigh on 05 June 1944, the crew decided to try to make news by having Boike jump from their airplane. Boike was dropped from the tail gunner's hatch. Boike survived, but the crew did not get the photograph wanted to send to the Stars and Stripes. The crew never got in trouble. Read for more information in Walter Keilt 306th BGA File.

Awards: AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.