Walter Moore Armistead
MilitaryAssigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Chatres, P-51B 42-106720 suffered engine troubles, A/C abandoned and crashed near Châteaudun on 17-Jun-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5945.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME, PH.
Post War: Remained in USAF. Fatal Crash - Ground Collision Warsaw Island, 15 miles Sth of Savannah 5-Dec-53.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group Base Air Depot 2 505th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Alabama, USA | 15 June 1921 | Son of John and Bessie [Moore] Armistead. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA | 3 January 1942 | Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia |
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Other Assigned |
Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK | 6 June 1944 - 17 June 1944 | Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 17 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled Out |
28200 Châteaudun, France | 17 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Chatres, A/C P-51B 42-106720 suffered engine troubles, A/C abandoned and crashed near Châteaudun on 17-Jun-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5945. |
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Died |
Wassaw Island, Georgia 31411, USA | 5 December 1953 | Fatal Crash - Ground Collision Warsaw Island, 15 miles Sth of Savannah, GA Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Walter M Armistead, 5-Dec-53. T-33A 51-9274 - 156FBS 116FBG |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery Birmingham Jefferson County AL | 8 December 1953 | Oak Hill Cemetery Birmingham Jefferson County Alabama, USA. |
| Fulton County, GA, USA |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15228900/walter-m-armistead
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5945 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list