John C Walter
Military
Handwritten on reverse- '2nd Lt. John C Walter 0-764529 35 missions with 95th BG 412thBS As Pilot'
Image c/o John C Walter via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
Object Number - UPL 6846 - Second Lieutenant John C Walter of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten on reverse- '2nd Lt. John C Walter 0-764529 35 missions with 95th BG...
Flew 35 missions. Authored a book about his experiences: "MY WAR: The True Experiences of a U.S. Army Air Force Pilot in World War Two", published in 2004.
Upon discharge from the USAAF in November 1945, he enrolled at the University of Southern California, School of Engineering. After graduation, he joined Cummins Engine Company. During his career with Cummins, he wrote many technical papers and served as the Chairman of the Cummins Technical Publication Policy Committee.
Now retired, he is a community columnist for the Columbus, Ind. The Republic and serves as a volunteer at the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aunt Callie's Baby aka She Fox aka Lucky Lady
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Website of John C. Walter/"My War" book: http://www.walter-airwar.com/index.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php
