Walter J Basara

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media-32258.jpeg UPL 32258 SSgt Walter J Basara

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Object Number - UPL 32258 - SSgt Walter J Basara

Shot down 10 April 1945 in AC #4338606. Moonlight Mission Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38606

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Moonlight Mission
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

10 April 1945

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 10 April 1945

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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 13912 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13912 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 32258 - SSgt Walter J Basara