Walter J Ives

Military

Landed at fighter base on 29 November 1943 in B-26 #41-31697 after plane iced up over the Channel. 2 of the crew bailed out. and were lost.

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Units served with

387th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-31679

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Itsy Bitsy
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron

41-31697

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Duck Butt
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 514