Walter C Morgan

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Walter Morgan was an original crew member on the John Barnett crew.

He was serving as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17 #42-5717 on the 16 February 1943 mission to the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was attacked by fighters and Pilot William Warner was killed by enemy fire. Co-Pilot Arnold Carlson continued the flight but a/c crashed near Guillac, 7km SW of Ploërmel (Morbihan), France. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

People

Lewis H Utley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12032609 at enlistment, then O-660533
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William H Warner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17019928 at enlistment, then O-437894
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
William Williams

William E Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14058038
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Claiborne Waddell Wilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14068222
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

27 December 1941 Portland, Oregon

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Guillac, France 16 February 1943 Killed in Action. His body was still in the aircraft when it crashed and burned near Guillac, France.

Born

Montevideo, Minnesota
Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Buried

at the cemetery in Guillac, France

Buried

After the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Walter Morgan rests at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 15472
NARA WWII Enlistment records
VA Gravesite Locator

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 3-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15472.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15472 / MACR 15472, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 79, http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/wardept/pframe.a / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…