Walter served as a 1st Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on B-17 "Thunderbird" (#42-5172), 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New Jersey prior to the war.
Walter was "Killed In Action", along with his Pilot, when his B-17 was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # O-799857
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Crew of B-17 "Thunderbird" (#42-5172):
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, Pilot, Alabama, KIA
McCain, Walter L., Jr. 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey, KIA
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Eight Crew members who became a POW:
Sipe, Harry D., 1st Lt, Navigator, POW
Michaels, Matthew, 2nd Lt, Bombardier, POW
Franklin, Jay M., T/Sgt, Engineer, POW
Schaefer, Mark L., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, POW
Branch, James L., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, POW
Cagle, Johnnie D., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Creason, Everett L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Jedniak, Edward G., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, POW
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#42-5437)
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He resided in New Jersey prior to the war.
Walter was "Killed In Action", along with his Pilot, when his B-17 was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # O-799857
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Thunderbird" (#42-5172):
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, Pilot, Alabama, KIA
McCain, Walter L., Jr. 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey, KIA
~~~~~~~~~
Eight Crew members who became a POW:
Sipe, Harry D., 1st Lt, Navigator, POW
Michaels, Matthew, 2nd Lt, Bombardier, POW
Franklin, Jay M., T/Sgt, Engineer, POW
Schaefer, Mark L., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, POW
Branch, James L., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, POW
Cagle, Johnnie D., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Creason, Everett L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Jedniak, Edward G., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, POW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#42-5437)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Walter served as a 1st Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on B-17 "Thunderbird" (#42-5172), 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New Jersey prior to the war.
Walter was "Killed In Action", along with his Pilot, when his B-17 was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # O-799857
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Thunderbird" (#42-5172):
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, Pilot, Alabama, KIA
McCain, Walter L., Jr. 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey, KIA
~~~~~~~~~
Eight Crew members who became a POW:
Sipe, Harry D., 1st Lt, Navigator, POW
Michaels, Matthew, 2nd Lt, Bombardier, POW
Franklin, Jay M., T/Sgt, Engineer, POW
Schaefer, Mark L., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, POW
Branch, James L., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, POW
Cagle, Johnnie D., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Creason, Everett L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Jedniak, Edward G., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, POW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#42-5437)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in New Jersey prior to the war.
Walter was "Killed In Action", along with his Pilot, when his B-17 was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # O-799857
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Thunderbird" (#42-5172):
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, Pilot, Alabama, KIA
McCain, Walter L., Jr. 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey, KIA
~~~~~~~~~
Eight Crew members who became a POW:
Sipe, Harry D., 1st Lt, Navigator, POW
Michaels, Matthew, 2nd Lt, Bombardier, POW
Franklin, Jay M., T/Sgt, Engineer, POW
Schaefer, Mark L., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, POW
Branch, James L., S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, POW
Cagle, Johnnie D., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Creason, Everett L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, POW
Jedniak, Edward G., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, POW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some crew members shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#42-5437)
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