Walter J Raiter

Military

Object Number - UPL 32508 - Lt. Walt Raiter's BOMB TOTIN' MAMA Crew, 12/25/194?_Tonopah, Nevada, USA: Front Row_L-R; Lt. Richard Koch - Bombardier Sgt. Angelo J. Pucci -...

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29295 'Bomb Totin' Mama', Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

James A Goins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

41-29295

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomb Totin Mama
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Denmark 9 April 1944

Revisions

Date8 Feb 2021 17:29:08
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

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

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:56
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3836 / MACR 3836 & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com including crew picture in Raiter crew in 754th BS / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Walter J Raiter: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 26059 - Bomb Totin' Mama

Object number: UPL 32508 - Lt. Walt Raiter's BOMB TOTIN' MAMA Crew, 12/25/194...