Walter J Downey Jr

Military

Made an emergency landing after 8 of the crew bailed out near Schoenwalde, GR on a mission to Genshagen on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24H 42-7586 'God Bless Our Ship', Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

German soldiers examine a crashed B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group, shot down near Berlin. Handwritten caption on reverse: '445 BG, B-24 Shot down over Berlin 3/6/44.'

42-7586

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: God Bless Our Ship
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

6 March 1944

Born

Hamburg, New York

Revisions

Date28 Sep 2020 20:39:10
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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

Date21 May 2020 18:51:20
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography".

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:54
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2960, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces