Paul Robert Walder
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 42113 - Sgt Paul R Walder, 705th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF.
Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 41-28814 Operation Varsity; shot down by ground fire at low level, A/C crashed near Wesel. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13537
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16030395 / O-2059149
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Monroe, WI | 25 December 1925 | Son of Henry and Louise Walder. |
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Died |
Wesel, Germany | 24 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 41-28814 Operation Varsity; shot down by ground fire at low level, A/C crashed near Wesel. KIA MACR 13537 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 24 March 1945 | Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot D Row 18 Grave 28. | ||
| Darlington, WI |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13537 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
