Walter M Christensen Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Liepzig shot down by Me109's crashed at Buhlendorf in P-51B 43-6983 Killed in Action (KIA). 28-May-44. MACR 5202.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Seattle, WA, USA | 2 July 1943 | |
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Other Crashed |
Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK | 25 April 1944 | Landing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 2Lt Walter M Christensen Jr, 25-Apr-44. P-51B 43-12151 - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF |
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Based |
Steeple Morden | 1 May 1944 - 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Buhlendorf, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Liepzig shot down by Me109's crashed at Buhlendorf in P-51B 43-6983 KIA. MACR 5202. |
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Buried |
Moritz, Germany | 29 May 1944 | Interred Moritz cemetery, Germany |
| Washington, USA | |||
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Born |
King County, WA, USA |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84988544-walter-m-christensen-jr
https://www.fold3.com/record/529890775-walter-m-christensen
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_christensen_w_m.php
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56653710/walter-m-christensen
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5202