Walter Joseph Gursky

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-44997.png UPL 44997 Walter Gursky’s Dog Tag on page 54 of German document KU-2590 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892238 (NARA)

page 54 of German document KU-2590 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892238

Object Number - UPL 44997 - Walter Gursky’s Dog Tag on page 54 of German document KU-2590 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892238 (NARA)

Shot down by fighters and crashed 800m South of Hassenhausen, Germany on 29 July 1944 in B-17 43-37655. Killed In Action (KIA).

 

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

James Buchanan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36875728
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Morris Earl Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11095094 at enlistment, then O-818606
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Nelson John Clifford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32545628
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

John Joseph Cudihy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11093711 at enlistment, then O-824104
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph William Foote

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12139839 at enlistment, then O-712544
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

43-37655

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States 26 December 1921

Enlisted

20 April 1943 Newark, New Jersey

Died

Killed In Action (KIA)

Germany 29 July 1944 Hassenhausen, Germany

Buried

30 July 1944 Hassenhausen cemetery, Germany

Buried

after the war his remains were brought to the Temporary Lorraine American Cemetery, France

Buried

In 1948, his remains were brought back to the US. Walter Gursky rests at the Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, New Jersey

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195608282/walter-j-gursky

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 7812
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
German document KU-2590 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892238 (NARA)
WWII Headstone Applications

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7812 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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