Walter Donald Uffleman

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media-26676.jpeg UPL 26676 Walter D. Uffleman, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25119

Object Number - UPL 26676 - Walter D. Uffleman, 93rd Bomb Group

Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. B-24 1-23712 'Ambros' crashed at Porlock Bay, Somerset, killing all crew except Sergeant. H. B. Thorpe. 29-Oct-42 Killed in Service (KIS)





Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ambros
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Oran Tafraoui Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 9 May 1919 Son of Pauline Catherine Uffleman.

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA 27 May 1941 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Died

Porlock Bay, Somerset 29 October 1942

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Re-Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 1 Grave 50

Based

Tafaraoui 29 October 1942 Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Associated media and aircraft from ‘Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces’, Bishop and Hey

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ABMC, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 40 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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