Walter A Meldrich

Military
media-16090.jpeg UPL 16090 In Tourcoing (France) in 1944 during their evasion. Behind the house of a brave woman, Madame Hélène HIMPE née Wullaert : Lt Colonel Robert Montgomery (20th Fighter Group), First Lt Harry Bisher (20th Fighter Group), F/O Milton H Ramsey (78th Fighter Group) and Second Lt Walter Meldrich (303th Bomber Group). Collection Lt Harry E.Bisher

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Object Number - UPL 16090 - In Tourcoing (France) in 1944 during their evasion. Behind the house of a brave woman, Madame Hélène HIMPE née Wullaert : Lt Colonel Robert...

Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #4239807 'Nero. ' Evaded.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39807

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nero
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Aberdeen, Washington, USA

Other

Evaded

Germany 22 April 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4273 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 16090 - In Tourcoing (France) in 1944 during their evasion...