Walter McRae Bagot

Military
media-28174.jpeg UPL 28174 Walter McRae Bagot Walter McRae Bagot

Scanned from an original photo in the personal collection of the late Walter McRae Bagot.

Object Number - UPL 28174 - Walter McRae Bagot

Shot down 26 November 1944 in B-17 #43-37846 'Phony Express', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37846

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Phony Express
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Biloxi, MS, USA 29 July 1919

Enlisted

Jackson, MS, USA 22 October 1940 Aviation Cadet

Died

Phoenix, AZ, USA 20 March 2001 Maricopa County

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 26 November 1944 Held as a POW at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany.

Buried

Phoenix, AZ, USA National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Plot: SEC E2 ROW A SITE 12

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorHotelie1970
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GENERAL ORDER # 565, dated 30 November 1944: From Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding Brigadier General Turner, dated 29 November 1944.

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ContributorBrian Hamilton
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noted on personal documents and flight pin engraving

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ContributorBrian Hamilton
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the service number indicated on Walter's records from 1961 is: FV697020, however there is a serial number on his enlistment record from 1940 which is 14023939

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ContributorBrian Hamilton
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though it's difficult to decipher all of the abbreviations on the original document, these are awards I am sure are represented as given.

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ContributorBrian Hamilton
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additional facts are from Walter Bagot's personal papers and family records.

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family documents

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11144 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Walter McRae Bagot: Gallery (12 items)

Object number: UPL 28169 - Walter M. Bagot's membership card.

Object number: UPL 28170 - 813 CLUB Membership Card

Object number: UPL 28171 - Six bombers in flight.

Object number: UPL 28172 - Walter M. Bagot and others in the officers' lounge...

Object number: UPL 28173 - 813th Squadron group photo, 1944.

Object number: UPL 28174 - Walter McRae Bagot

Object number: UPL 28186 - In-flight view from inside of Walter McRae Bagot's...

Object number: UPL 28227 - 482nd Bomb Gp. Det., St. Eval, England. 1 August...

Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 Knucklehead.

Object number: UPL 28228 - Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17...

Object number: UPL 28229 - Walter McRae Bagot, front row, 2nd from left.

Object number: UPL 28428 - Signatures on reverse of photo: 482nd Bomb Gp. Det...