Harold W Walkup
Military
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (MS * U, serial number 42-107018) of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group landing at Ridgewell.
Handwritten caption on reverse: ' 42-107108. MS:U. Landing, Ridgewell. 381BG.'
note: Caption is incorrect as 42-107108 never left the ZOI. Roger Freeman Collection
Handwritten caption on reverse: ' 42-107108. MS:U. Landing, Ridgewell. 381BG.'
note: Caption is incorrect as 42-107108 never left the ZOI. Roger Freeman Collection
Articles from Captain Walkup to include photographs, including a copy of the one shown. Aircraft is named "City Of Los Angeles".
May 1944 - May 1944. 2 tours.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Los angeles city limits
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
381st Bomb Group site. Research from items from my collection. Capt. Walkup's coat has an unusual red background for his Navigators wing badge.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia