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TSGT Walter Edward Gilroy
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TSGT Walter Edward Gilroy Veteran

Birth
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Death
26 Feb 1943 (aged 29)
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing
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Entered the service from California.

Ten crewmen Killed in Action an Missing 26 February 1943 in B-17F 41-24447 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron while on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany.The aircraft was hit by German flak which set engine four afire and caused them to crash into the North Sea approximately 80 miles northwest of Wilhelmshaven. MACR 4830.O-728163 Ralston E Bixler 2L NJ Navigator
O-727619 Cassius Brandenburg 2L LA Bombardier
15098471 Robert A De Barbrie SS OH Waist Gunner
12059493 Herbert E Fisher SS NY Tail Gunner
14080617 Everett Gause TS FL Radio Operator/Gunner
39165252 Walter E Gilroy TS CA Top Turret Gunner
O-662777 Harry O Green 1L TX Co-pilot
16035783 Gregg Nesemeier SS IL Waist Gunner
16047423 Arthur A Sullivan SS WI Ball Turret Gunner
O-431064 John T Swais Cp TX Pilot
Entered the service from California.

Ten crewmen Killed in Action an Missing 26 February 1943 in B-17F 41-24447 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron while on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany.The aircraft was hit by German flak which set engine four afire and caused them to crash into the North Sea approximately 80 miles northwest of Wilhelmshaven. MACR 4830.O-728163 Ralston E Bixler 2L NJ Navigator
O-727619 Cassius Brandenburg 2L LA Bombardier
15098471 Robert A De Barbrie SS OH Waist Gunner
12059493 Herbert E Fisher SS NY Tail Gunner
14080617 Everett Gause TS FL Radio Operator/Gunner
39165252 Walter E Gilroy TS CA Top Turret Gunner
O-662777 Harry O Green 1L TX Co-pilot
16035783 Gregg Nesemeier SS IL Waist Gunner
16047423 Arthur A Sullivan SS WI Ball Turret Gunner
O-431064 John T Swais Cp TX Pilot

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