USAAF WORLD WAR II
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall POW/KIA
Hometown: Virginia
Squadron: 832nd 486th Bomb Group
Service# O-819359
Awards: Purple Heart
Target: Hamburg
Mission Date: 4-Aug-44
Serial Number: #43-37909
Aircraft Model B17G-75-BO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause: FLAK led to midair collision.
486th was flying mission #65 to bomb Hamburg. Three crews were lost that day. 13 were taken as Prisoners of War, 7 died after a midair collision. Seven would survive that collision only to lose their lives after making a successful landing on the German island of Borkum in the North Sea. All seven of Waltham's crew were murdered while in captivity.
On August 4th, 2003 the citizens of Borkum Germany dedicated a memorial to a crew from the 486th. The crew was involved in a mid-air collision on August 4th, 1944, while on a mission to Hamburg. The other plane, #145, crashed with two survivors. #909, flown by the Walthall crew brought their ship under control and attempted to run for home. Two crewmen bailed out immediately following the mid-air, and became POWs, surviving the war. The remainder of the crew made an emergency landing on Borkum, and were also taken prisoner. As they were being prepared for shipment to the mainland, they were murdered in the Borkum streets by civilians and German military personnel.
43-37909 Crew
2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall Pilot
William J Myers Co Pilot
Quentin F. Ingerson Navigator POW
Howard S. Graham Bombardier
Kazmer Rachak Engineer POW
Kenneth Faber Radio Op.
James W. Danno Gunner
Sgt. William F. Dold Gunner
William W. Lambertus Gunner
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall POW/KIA
Hometown: Virginia
Squadron: 832nd 486th Bomb Group
Service# O-819359
Awards: Purple Heart
Target: Hamburg
Mission Date: 4-Aug-44
Serial Number: #43-37909
Aircraft Model B17G-75-BO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause: FLAK led to midair collision.
486th was flying mission #65 to bomb Hamburg. Three crews were lost that day. 13 were taken as Prisoners of War, 7 died after a midair collision. Seven would survive that collision only to lose their lives after making a successful landing on the German island of Borkum in the North Sea. All seven of Waltham's crew were murdered while in captivity.
On August 4th, 2003 the citizens of Borkum Germany dedicated a memorial to a crew from the 486th. The crew was involved in a mid-air collision on August 4th, 1944, while on a mission to Hamburg. The other plane, #145, crashed with two survivors. #909, flown by the Walthall crew brought their ship under control and attempted to run for home. Two crewmen bailed out immediately following the mid-air, and became POWs, surviving the war. The remainder of the crew made an emergency landing on Borkum, and were also taken prisoner. As they were being prepared for shipment to the mainland, they were murdered in the Borkum streets by civilians and German military personnel.
43-37909 Crew
2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall Pilot
William J Myers Co Pilot
Quentin F. Ingerson Navigator POW
Howard S. Graham Bombardier
Kazmer Rachak Engineer POW
Kenneth Faber Radio Op.
James W. Danno Gunner
Sgt. William F. Dold Gunner
William W. Lambertus Gunner
USAAF WORLD WAR II
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall POW/KIA
Hometown: Virginia
Squadron: 832nd 486th Bomb Group
Service# O-819359
Awards: Purple Heart
Target: Hamburg
Mission Date: 4-Aug-44
Serial Number: #43-37909
Aircraft Model B17G-75-BO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause: FLAK led to midair collision.
486th was flying mission #65 to bomb Hamburg. Three crews were lost that day. 13 were taken as Prisoners of War, 7 died after a midair collision. Seven would survive that collision only to lose their lives after making a successful landing on the German island of Borkum in the North Sea. All seven of Waltham's crew were murdered while in captivity.
On August 4th, 2003 the citizens of Borkum Germany dedicated a memorial to a crew from the 486th. The crew was involved in a mid-air collision on August 4th, 1944, while on a mission to Hamburg. The other plane, #145, crashed with two survivors. #909, flown by the Walthall crew brought their ship under control and attempted to run for home. Two crewmen bailed out immediately following the mid-air, and became POWs, surviving the war. The remainder of the crew made an emergency landing on Borkum, and were also taken prisoner. As they were being prepared for shipment to the mainland, they were murdered in the Borkum streets by civilians and German military personnel.
43-37909 Crew
2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall Pilot
William J Myers Co Pilot
Quentin F. Ingerson Navigator POW
Howard S. Graham Bombardier
Kazmer Rachak Engineer POW
Kenneth Faber Radio Op.
James W. Danno Gunner
Sgt. William F. Dold Gunner
William W. Lambertus Gunner
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall POW/KIA
Hometown: Virginia
Squadron: 832nd 486th Bomb Group
Service# O-819359
Awards: Purple Heart
Target: Hamburg
Mission Date: 4-Aug-44
Serial Number: #43-37909
Aircraft Model B17G-75-BO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause: FLAK led to midair collision.
486th was flying mission #65 to bomb Hamburg. Three crews were lost that day. 13 were taken as Prisoners of War, 7 died after a midair collision. Seven would survive that collision only to lose their lives after making a successful landing on the German island of Borkum in the North Sea. All seven of Waltham's crew were murdered while in captivity.
On August 4th, 2003 the citizens of Borkum Germany dedicated a memorial to a crew from the 486th. The crew was involved in a mid-air collision on August 4th, 1944, while on a mission to Hamburg. The other plane, #145, crashed with two survivors. #909, flown by the Walthall crew brought their ship under control and attempted to run for home. Two crewmen bailed out immediately following the mid-air, and became POWs, surviving the war. The remainder of the crew made an emergency landing on Borkum, and were also taken prisoner. As they were being prepared for shipment to the mainland, they were murdered in the Borkum streets by civilians and German military personnel.
43-37909 Crew
2nd/Lt. Harvey M. Walthall Pilot
William J Myers Co Pilot
Quentin F. Ingerson Navigator POW
Howard S. Graham Bombardier
Kazmer Rachak Engineer POW
Kenneth Faber Radio Op.
James W. Danno Gunner
Sgt. William F. Dold Gunner
William W. Lambertus Gunner
Gravesite Details
2LT US AAF 832 BOMB SQDN 486 BOMB CORPS; AC WWII
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