Walter J Helm

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media-39528.jpeg UPL 39528 Walter J. Helm Class 44-E, Merced Army Airfield, California.

Class 44-E book, Merced Army Airfield, California.

Object Number - UPL 39528 - Walter J. Helm Class 44-E, Merced Army Airfield, California.

Shot down 3 March 1945 in B-17 #4338297. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38297

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Coraspolis, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 3 March 1945

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Sources

Class 44-E Merced Army Airfield, California. Class book.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12887 / MACR 12887, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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