Jack Philip Walters
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 'Off Limits Again' #42-94974.
Listed as 5'8" tall and 154 lbs on his draft registration card.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705285
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Off Limit's Again
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kansas City Missouri | 31 March 1922 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 3 October 1944 - 12 October 1944 | Shot down on his 4th combat mission |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Osnabruck, Germany | 12 October 1944 | KIA when his B-24 took a direct flak hit, causing the aircraft to burst into flame from the wings back to the tail. One wing separated from the fuselage and the aircraft went into a fatal spin. None of the crew escaped |
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Buried |
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California | Burial Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot LOT 745, MIRASOL |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9488 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database