Walter E Starck

Military
media-35325.jpeg UPL 35325 Capt Walter Starck 352nd FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 35325 - Capt Walter Starck 352nd FG

Flight leader 487th FS 352nd FG Dec. 1942 - Nov. 1944

7 air kills (7 x ME-109) + 1 probable (FW-190) + 2 damaged (1 x ME-109 + 1 x FW-190)

POW Nov 27, 1944. Downed by debris from downed ME-109 while flying P-51D s/n 44-14794 HO+F ''Buzz Boy''. MACR #10551

P-51B s/n 43-6929 HO+X "Starck Mad!"

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14794

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Buzz Boy
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 27 November 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10551 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 35325 - Capt Walter Starck 352nd FG