Walter Donald Uffleman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Walter D. Uffleman, 93rd Bomb Group
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25119
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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. |
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Sources
Associated media and aircraft from ‘Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces’, Bishop and Hey
ContributorAAM
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Sources
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