Walter Clark Race

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20447.png UPL 20447 Official USAAF photo 23099 AC. Original caption : “Left to Right:
Sgt. Walter C. Race, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Sgt. Leslie C. Rambo, Mattoon, Wisc. ; Sgt Richard G. Ryan, Peabody, Mass.; Sgt Joseph W. Sanders, Amarillo, Tex.; S/Sgt James N. Thomas, Mebane, N. C.”
(Awards ceremony in Cairo, Egypt – photo sent on 3 March 1943 by Lt. Tom Prideaux, from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt.) – Note : Rambo’s correct first name is Lester, not Leslie.

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Object Number - UPL 20447 - Official USAAF photo 23099 AC. Original caption : “Left to Right: Sgt. Walter C. Race, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Sgt. Leslie C. Rambo, Mattoon, Wisc. ;...

Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass'. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay, Killed in Action (KIA).

S/Sgt Walter C. Race was born 18-Jan-12 in Middletown, Orange County, New York. He was the youngest of 6 children of William Clark Race, a flagman with the Ontario & Western Railroad & his wife Rhoda L. Race (nee Gray).

He moved in Nov-34 to Pasadena, California from Middletown, Orange County, New York. And although Walter enlisted in the Army from his new home of California, he was born & raised in Orange County, New York.

Walter is buried in the Britanny American Cemetery, Basse-Normandie, France. However, his family also placed a headstone in the Race Family Plot in the Walkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Orange County, New York in his memory.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), 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 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12030272
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-790930
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35170034
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660347
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-433371
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Liberty Lass
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Middletown, New York, United States 18 January 1912 Son of William Clark and Rhoda E [Gray] Race.

Died

Killed in action

Bay of Biscay 16 April 1943 Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass'. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay, Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Walter Race rests at Plot L, Row 17, Grave 2
Pasadena, CA, USA

Based

Hardwick 16 April 1943 Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Completed middle name

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MACR 15198
WWII Draft Registration card
ABMC website

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Added a space to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Information provided by Linda Peloquin

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ABMC, MACR 15198 Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 104 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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