William C Walker

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Bombardier, Zeman crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 42-30676 'Baby Dumpling'. Mission #57 to the airfield at Tours, France. Hit by an air to air rocket. MACR 1962. Killed in Action. Lt Walker didn't have a parachute so the navigator, Lt Bisagna, gave him one. Either he didn't put it on or it failed to open. Buried in the Normandy AMC.

Denver, CO

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11091380
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-68116
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38195360
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803331
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Died

5 January 1944

Born

Denver, Colorado

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 5 Grave 42

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1962 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia