Walter A Spencer

Military

Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-24 #42-52298 'Choo Choo Baby', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-52298

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Choo Choo Baby
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XI-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mount Holly, North Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

8 May 1944 Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4596