Robert Kellogg Walker Jr
Military
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Object Number - UPL 6991 - Prisoners of War of the 44th Bomb Group at Stalag Luft III with a USAAF insginia made of stones. Left to right : Bob Walker, Wayne Gotke, Bob...
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43 in B-24 41-23832 'Maggie'; hit by flak in the target area, lost altitude and fell out of the formation, attacked by fighters. Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 15585
Only 2 survived, Walker and Lester Klug. They were picked up by a ship heading for Heligoland and became Prisoner of War (POW)s. Walker is quoted in Lundy's book. Walker was put in Stalag Luft 3 and moved to a Nuremberg camp 49-11.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-404099
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newport Beach, California, USA | 16 December 1918 | Son of Robert K Sr and Polly Ranson [Witwer] Walker. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines, IA | 31 October 1941 | Fort Des Moines, Iowa |
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Other Baled out POW |
Vicinity of Alte Mellum Island | 22 March 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43; Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. POW MACR 15585 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 22 March 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Menifee, CA | 10 June 1950 | |
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Buried |
Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA | 14 June 1950 | Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, California |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Shipdham | 22 March 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15585 / MACR 15585, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 92 by Bishop & Hey, National WWII Monument web site, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties pp. 60-61 by Will Lundy / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
