RACE Walter C - 409 BS 93 BG


 

Walter Clark RACE

 

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Source : Ellen Marchese

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER39234251
AGE31 ans
DATE OF BIRTH18 january 1912
ENLISTMENT STATUSCALIFORNIA
FAMILYParents : William Clark RACE & Roda Elizabeth CLARK
RANK
Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB before ENLISTEMENT ca
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
SQUADRON409th Bomb Squadron
GROUP93rd Bomb Group
ARMY8th Air Force
DATE OF DEATH16 April 1943

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Source : Joy Riggers

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH20 km au large de Brest - Vers l'Ile d'Ouessant
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type D-1-CO - s/n 41-23732 YM*O Cercle-B

"Liberty Lass"

B24 93BG

MAcr :
Mission : Brest
Take-off station 104 Hardwick, Norfolk UK - The bodies were originally buried at Lampaul-Pourzel (29)
Shot down by enemy fighter (Obfw Friedrich) at 13:28

CEMETERY TEMPORARY 

CEMETERY TEMPORARY  of  St James N°3578

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CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James

Plan of Cemetery American from St James

GRAVE
BlocRangGrave
L172
DECORATION
 

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

 Air-Force Gunner Wings

 

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters 

Photo FDLM 

victory medal 

 Aerial Gunner Badge

 
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STORY

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Source : Steve Treichler

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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type D-1-CO - s/n 41-23732 YM*O 

"Liberty Lass"
1st Lieutenant Frank R HODGES Pilot Prisonner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
1st Lieutenant Orval H MICKELSON Co Pilot Prisonner- Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
1st Lieutenant Kenneth D.  BAUGHMAN Navigater Deceased - Cim Brit Am St-James
1st Lieutenant Robert D GRANT Bombarder Deceased
T/Sergeant James J BARNES Mechanic Décédé
T/Sergeant Forrest S HUGHES Radio Prisonner- Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
S/Sergeant Walter C. RACE Gunner Deceased - Cim Brit Am St-James
S/Sergeant Paul Frederick LOGAN Gunner Deceased
Sergeant Donald F BONNOM Gunner Deceased
S/Sergeant Paul N KIRKEN Gunner Deceased
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BAUGHMAN Kenneth D noise arts

INFORMATION SOURCEFindagrave.com
PICTURE SOURCEFrancecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com -  Weremember.abmc.gov
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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