Walter Alan Gookin

Military

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-39816. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. KIA. Still Listed as Missing In Action (MIA)-Unrecoverable.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685922
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15322241
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31140014
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38191213
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18122016
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Vermont Lady
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

5 January 1944 in the loss of B-17 #42-39816, into the Bay of Biscay, off the French Atlantic coast

Born

Corinth, Mississippi

Other

Memorialized

Cambridge American Cemetery on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 2013
ABMC website

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2013, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial; Snetterton Falcons pg 82