Walter J Otton

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Schelesttstadt on 7/13/44 in B-17 #42-97953, Prisoner of War (POW).



Shot up by flak over Hamburg, June 20 1944 the lead ship returned to the base minus virtually everything but the crew.



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Moscow, Idaho, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 13 July 1944

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7499 / MACR 7499, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=337 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database