B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24642 "Uncle Tom's Cabin," with the 874th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, was dispatched from the Marianas Islands to strike the Nakajima and Musashino aircraft factories in Tokyo, Japan. As the bombers approached the city, they were set upon by a large number of fighter aircraft. The B-29 fell out of formation, and was attacked by an estimated 25 to 30 fighters and went down in the southwest area of Tokyo.
Nine crew were killed, and Major Walker and two other crewmembers survived their parachute descents and were taken as prisoners.
Major Walker would die while in captivity. Missing Air Crew Report № 10850.
KIA were:
Maj. John E Krause, O-425089, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert M Rawlins, O-759303, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth E Beyer, O-703173, KS, Navigator
1st Lt. John W Ray, O-907279, TX, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Clarence B Hewlett, 17082787, MO, Radio Operator
Sgt. Edward M Sienkiewicz, 36457616, MI, Left Gunner
S/Sgt. Morris R Tyler, 16156858, WI, Radar Operator
Sgt. Gerald J Westerman, 16117748, WI, CFC Gunner
Cpl. Kenneth A Seely, 39339505, OR, Right Gunner
Major Walker, O-400919, UT, who is believed to have been a 73rd Bomb Wing observer, survived the shootdown by parachuting, would die from illness or disease while in captivity. The war department affixed his date of death as August 30, 1945. Because his were not buried, he is listed on the walls of the missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.
He also has memorial markers in Salt Lake City and Arlington
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Husband of Jean (Sorenson) Walker, 1489 Michigan Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nine crew were killed, and Major Walker and two other crewmembers survived their parachute descents and were taken as prisoners.
Major Walker would die while in captivity. Missing Air Crew Report № 10850.
KIA were:
Maj. John E Krause, O-425089, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert M Rawlins, O-759303, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth E Beyer, O-703173, KS, Navigator
1st Lt. John W Ray, O-907279, TX, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Clarence B Hewlett, 17082787, MO, Radio Operator
Sgt. Edward M Sienkiewicz, 36457616, MI, Left Gunner
S/Sgt. Morris R Tyler, 16156858, WI, Radar Operator
Sgt. Gerald J Westerman, 16117748, WI, CFC Gunner
Cpl. Kenneth A Seely, 39339505, OR, Right Gunner
Major Walker, O-400919, UT, who is believed to have been a 73rd Bomb Wing observer, survived the shootdown by parachuting, would die from illness or disease while in captivity. The war department affixed his date of death as August 30, 1945. Because his were not buried, he is listed on the walls of the missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.
He also has memorial markers in Salt Lake City and Arlington
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Husband of Jean (Sorenson) Walker, 1489 Michigan Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24642 "Uncle Tom's Cabin," with the 874th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, was dispatched from the Marianas Islands to strike the Nakajima and Musashino aircraft factories in Tokyo, Japan. As the bombers approached the city, they were set upon by a large number of fighter aircraft. The B-29 fell out of formation, and was attacked by an estimated 25 to 30 fighters and went down in the southwest area of Tokyo.
Nine crew were killed, and Major Walker and two other crewmembers survived their parachute descents and were taken as prisoners.
Major Walker would die while in captivity. Missing Air Crew Report № 10850.
KIA were:
Maj. John E Krause, O-425089, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert M Rawlins, O-759303, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth E Beyer, O-703173, KS, Navigator
1st Lt. John W Ray, O-907279, TX, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Clarence B Hewlett, 17082787, MO, Radio Operator
Sgt. Edward M Sienkiewicz, 36457616, MI, Left Gunner
S/Sgt. Morris R Tyler, 16156858, WI, Radar Operator
Sgt. Gerald J Westerman, 16117748, WI, CFC Gunner
Cpl. Kenneth A Seely, 39339505, OR, Right Gunner
Major Walker, O-400919, UT, who is believed to have been a 73rd Bomb Wing observer, survived the shootdown by parachuting, would die from illness or disease while in captivity. The war department affixed his date of death as August 30, 1945. Because his were not buried, he is listed on the walls of the missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.
He also has memorial markers in Salt Lake City and Arlington
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Husband of Jean (Sorenson) Walker, 1489 Michigan Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nine crew were killed, and Major Walker and two other crewmembers survived their parachute descents and were taken as prisoners.
Major Walker would die while in captivity. Missing Air Crew Report № 10850.
KIA were:
Maj. John E Krause, O-425089, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert M Rawlins, O-759303, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth E Beyer, O-703173, KS, Navigator
1st Lt. John W Ray, O-907279, TX, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Clarence B Hewlett, 17082787, MO, Radio Operator
Sgt. Edward M Sienkiewicz, 36457616, MI, Left Gunner
S/Sgt. Morris R Tyler, 16156858, WI, Radar Operator
Sgt. Gerald J Westerman, 16117748, WI, CFC Gunner
Cpl. Kenneth A Seely, 39339505, OR, Right Gunner
Major Walker, O-400919, UT, who is believed to have been a 73rd Bomb Wing observer, survived the shootdown by parachuting, would die from illness or disease while in captivity. The war department affixed his date of death as August 30, 1945. Because his were not buried, he is listed on the walls of the missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.
He also has memorial markers in Salt Lake City and Arlington
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Husband of Jean (Sorenson) Walker, 1489 Michigan Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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MAJ - HQ SQ 73 BOMB WG - UTAH
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