Earlier in his career, he worked as a heating and air-conditioning engineer for Chrysler Corp. and as a manufacturer's representative. He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Brighton.
His wife, Diane N. Bartkow, died in 1995. Survivors include four children, of Atlanta, and of Silver Spring and of Rockville; and seven grandchildren.
Walter J. Bartkow, 81, a Silver Spring resident who retired in the mid-1980s after about 15 years as a heating and air conditioning engineer with Baltimore Air Coil, died of cancer Jan. 7 at a son's home in Rockville. A Washington area resident since 1956, Mr. Bartkow was a native Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. He served in the 8th Air Force in England as a machine gunner on B-24s. He took part in 23 missions over Germany and received a number of military honors, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and two Air Medals.
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USAAF WWII 8th Air Force
Gunner Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow RTD
Hometown:
Squadron: 701st 445th Bomb Group
Service# 32215802
Awards: DFC, Air Medal w/ OLC, Purple Heart
Pilot Lieutenant William R. Dewey RTD
Target: Kessell
Mission Date: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-50855 based in Tibenham, Norfolk, England.
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
Crew of 9 Ship and crew returned to base. Sgt. Bartkow may have been wounded.
Of 34 B-24 bombers on the Kassel Mission, only four bombers made it back to base,
with 114 US airmen having been Killed In Action and 122 others taken POW during this mission.
Crew of# 42-50855
2nd/Lt. William R. Dewey Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. William L. Boykin Co Pilot RTD Later KIA
2nd/Lt. Herbert E. Bailey Navigator RTD
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Charles O. Craig Engineer RTD
T/Sgt. John E. Ellson Radio Op. RTD
Sgt. George R. Johnson Gunner RTD
Sgt. Leslie I. Medlock Gunner RTD
Sgt. Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow Gunner RTD
His wife, Diane N. Bartkow, died in 1995. Survivors include four children, of Atlanta, and of Silver Spring and of Rockville; and seven grandchildren.
Walter J. Bartkow, 81, a Silver Spring resident who retired in the mid-1980s after about 15 years as a heating and air conditioning engineer with Baltimore Air Coil, died of cancer Jan. 7 at a son's home in Rockville. A Washington area resident since 1956, Mr. Bartkow was a native Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. He served in the 8th Air Force in England as a machine gunner on B-24s. He took part in 23 missions over Germany and received a number of military honors, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and two Air Medals.
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USAAF WWII 8th Air Force
Gunner Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow RTD
Hometown:
Squadron: 701st 445th Bomb Group
Service# 32215802
Awards: DFC, Air Medal w/ OLC, Purple Heart
Pilot Lieutenant William R. Dewey RTD
Target: Kessell
Mission Date: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-50855 based in Tibenham, Norfolk, England.
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
Crew of 9 Ship and crew returned to base. Sgt. Bartkow may have been wounded.
Of 34 B-24 bombers on the Kassel Mission, only four bombers made it back to base,
with 114 US airmen having been Killed In Action and 122 others taken POW during this mission.
Crew of# 42-50855
2nd/Lt. William R. Dewey Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. William L. Boykin Co Pilot RTD Later KIA
2nd/Lt. Herbert E. Bailey Navigator RTD
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Charles O. Craig Engineer RTD
T/Sgt. John E. Ellson Radio Op. RTD
Sgt. George R. Johnson Gunner RTD
Sgt. Leslie I. Medlock Gunner RTD
Sgt. Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow Gunner RTD
Earlier in his career, he worked as a heating and air-conditioning engineer for Chrysler Corp. and as a manufacturer's representative. He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Brighton.
His wife, Diane N. Bartkow, died in 1995. Survivors include four children, of Atlanta, and of Silver Spring and of Rockville; and seven grandchildren.
Walter J. Bartkow, 81, a Silver Spring resident who retired in the mid-1980s after about 15 years as a heating and air conditioning engineer with Baltimore Air Coil, died of cancer Jan. 7 at a son's home in Rockville. A Washington area resident since 1956, Mr. Bartkow was a native Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. He served in the 8th Air Force in England as a machine gunner on B-24s. He took part in 23 missions over Germany and received a number of military honors, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and two Air Medals.
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USAAF WWII 8th Air Force
Gunner Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow RTD
Hometown:
Squadron: 701st 445th Bomb Group
Service# 32215802
Awards: DFC, Air Medal w/ OLC, Purple Heart
Pilot Lieutenant William R. Dewey RTD
Target: Kessell
Mission Date: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-50855 based in Tibenham, Norfolk, England.
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
Crew of 9 Ship and crew returned to base. Sgt. Bartkow may have been wounded.
Of 34 B-24 bombers on the Kassel Mission, only four bombers made it back to base,
with 114 US airmen having been Killed In Action and 122 others taken POW during this mission.
Crew of# 42-50855
2nd/Lt. William R. Dewey Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. William L. Boykin Co Pilot RTD Later KIA
2nd/Lt. Herbert E. Bailey Navigator RTD
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Charles O. Craig Engineer RTD
T/Sgt. John E. Ellson Radio Op. RTD
Sgt. George R. Johnson Gunner RTD
Sgt. Leslie I. Medlock Gunner RTD
Sgt. Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow Gunner RTD
His wife, Diane N. Bartkow, died in 1995. Survivors include four children, of Atlanta, and of Silver Spring and of Rockville; and seven grandchildren.
Walter J. Bartkow, 81, a Silver Spring resident who retired in the mid-1980s after about 15 years as a heating and air conditioning engineer with Baltimore Air Coil, died of cancer Jan. 7 at a son's home in Rockville. A Washington area resident since 1956, Mr. Bartkow was a native Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. He served in the 8th Air Force in England as a machine gunner on B-24s. He took part in 23 missions over Germany and received a number of military honors, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and two Air Medals.
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USAAF WWII 8th Air Force
Gunner Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow RTD
Hometown:
Squadron: 701st 445th Bomb Group
Service# 32215802
Awards: DFC, Air Medal w/ OLC, Purple Heart
Pilot Lieutenant William R. Dewey RTD
Target: Kessell
Mission Date: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number: #42-50855 based in Tibenham, Norfolk, England.
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
Crew of 9 Ship and crew returned to base. Sgt. Bartkow may have been wounded.
Of 34 B-24 bombers on the Kassel Mission, only four bombers made it back to base,
with 114 US airmen having been Killed In Action and 122 others taken POW during this mission.
Crew of# 42-50855
2nd/Lt. William R. Dewey Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. William L. Boykin Co Pilot RTD Later KIA
2nd/Lt. Herbert E. Bailey Navigator RTD
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Charles O. Craig Engineer RTD
T/Sgt. John E. Ellson Radio Op. RTD
Sgt. George R. Johnson Gunner RTD
Sgt. Leslie I. Medlock Gunner RTD
Sgt. Sgt. Walter J. Bartkow Gunner RTD
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