Walter F Landers Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Co-pilot aboard B-24 assembly ship 'First Sergeant'.
Shot down by flak and crashed at Waldrach on 9-Aug-44 in B-24 41-28942. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7890
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, MA | 27 August 1942 | Westover Field, Chicopee Falls , Massachusetts |
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Other Baled out POW |
Waldrach, Germany | 9 August 1944 | Shot down by flak and crashed at Waldrach on 9-Aug-44 in B-24 41-28942. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7890 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 9 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Born |
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Based |
Horsham St Faith | 9 August 1944 | Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7890 & Page 278of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458