Walter John Kita

Military

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52432. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Edward Walter Cisek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11115616
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Bernard Arthur Jacobson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-123027
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Byron Ellsworth Logie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19071807 at enlistment, then O-807003
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas Robert Murphy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32111635
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

George David Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19096186 at enlistment, then O-811138
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-52432

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bachelor's Paradise
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Olyphant, Pennsylvania, USA 25 October 1919

Enlisted

2 February 1942 Ft Dix, New Jersey

Other

Captured

9 April 1944 near Hyllested, ±45km NE of Aarhus, Denmark

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

9 April 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Returned to Military Control 24 May 1945.

Died

24 July 1989
Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3838
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3838 / MACR 3838 & Page 278of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database