William Leonard Walker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 46164
Morris F. Swavel Crew
390th BG - 568th BS - 8th AF
Standing Left to Right: Frank C. Bobrowicz (RO), William L. Walker (FE), Alec Gwazdosky (WG), Robert J. Gibbs (WG), James T. O'Brien (TG), Daniel J. Miller (BTG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Morris F. Swavel (P), Wilmer R. Goldfinger (CP), George Pietrucha (N), John Phelan (B)
390th BG - 568th BS - 8th AF
Standing Left to Right: Frank C. Bobrowicz (RO), William L. Walker (FE), Alec Gwazdosky (WG), Robert J. Gibbs (WG), James T. O'Brien (TG), Daniel J. Miller (BTG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Morris F. Swavel (P), Wilmer R. Goldfinger (CP), George Pietrucha (N), John Phelan (B)
William Walker was Left Waist gunner on board B-17 #42-39819, hit by Flak on return from the 13 April 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany. Ditched in the Channel/North Sea, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
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- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 2 March 1944
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dallas, Texas, USA | 22 December 1922 | |
Born |
Ben Franklin, Texas | 30 June 1942 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel, approx. 12 miles off the coast of Ostend, Belgium | 13 April 1944 | in the crash of B-17 #42-39819 in the Channel, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium |
Buried Memorialized |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | No Known Grave Tablets of The Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium |
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Removed Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3947 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database