Walter Elmer Getsey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Shot down by flak over the IP on a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17 42-39803 'The Wolf'. Prisoner of War (POW). Killed attempting escape. MACR 2235



Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Fewer E McGee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-39803

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Wolf
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft VI

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Conmount, Ohio, USA 15 February 1921 Son of Andrew and Mary V Getsey.

Enlisted

Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH 17 November 1942 Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Heydekrug, Lithuania 4 February 1944 - 16 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VI, moved to Stalag Luft IV. Killed En-route.

Other

Baled out POW/KIA

Frankfurt, Germany 4 February 1944

Died

Baltic Sea 16 July 1944 Killed whilst in transit between POW camps. Dived off transport ship in Baltic and machine gunned by guards.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Bassingbourn 4 February 1944 Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Saint Joseph Cemetery Conneaut, Ashtabula County, OH Memorialised Saint Joseph Cemetery Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2235 / MACR 2235, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database