WALTERS Joseph H - 427 BS 303 BGH

 

Joseph H. WALTERS

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE16007997
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH

1920 ILLINOIS 

ENLISTMENT STATEWISCONSIN
FAMILY

Single

RANK
Technical Sergeant sergeant armee de terre
FONCTIONRadio
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTDraftsmenWI
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 27 November 1940 Milwaukee WISCONSIN 
 SQUADRON427th Bomber Squadron  
 GROUP303rd Bomber Group, Heavy  
ARMY8th US Air Force  
DATE OF DEATH3 January 1943

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH Off the coast of St-Nazaire (44)
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN B-17 Fortress - type F-20-BO - s/n 41-24517 GN*O "Kali"

B17 flying fortress4

Macr : 6141
mission : #28-8thAF #9 BG - 

Attack submarine base of St-Nazaire (44) (link C Dannau)
Takeoff station 107 Molesworth, Cambridgeshire
Shot by enemy fighter (Oblt S Schnell)

Explodes in flight and crashes into the ocean

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of the Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

US AAF Air Crew Badge

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

badge-aaf_aircrew

 
 
usaf  8air force  303bg 427bs
  
STORY
 

walters joseph h crew

 (Back L-R) 1Lt William H. Goetz (P-KIA), 2Lt Mark L. McDermott (CP), 2Lt Robert L. Madrid (N-KIA), 2Lt Robert W. Smith (B-KIA)
(Front - not in order) T/Sgt James F. Shelly (E-KIA), T/Sgt Joseph H. Walters (R-KIA), Sgt Walter E. Runge (BT-KIA), Sgt Charles R. Storer (G), Sgt Vernon E. Koch (G)
On 3 Jan 43 mission to St. Nazaire, France in B-17F 41-24517 "Kali" 427BS. B-17 blew up in mid-air during fighter attack over St. Nazaire. All 10 crewmen were KIA.

 

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-20-BO - s/n 41-24517 GN*O

"Kali"

 

Maj Charles C SHERIDAN CoPilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-408859 - AM/PH - Kansas
1Lt William H GOETZ Pilot Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-435765 - AM/PH - West Virginia
2Lt Robert L MADRID Navigator Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-660878 - AM/PH - Utah
2Lt Robert W SMITH Bomber Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James O-727128 - AM/PH - Texas
T/Sgt Joseph H. WALTERS Radio Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 16007997 - AM/PH - Wisconsin
T/Sgt James F SHELLY Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 13003669 -
S/Sgt Donald H RUTT Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 17033430 - AM/PH - Iowa
S/Sgt Merel D BRADLEY Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 19062629 - AM/PH - California
Sgt Martin F McDONALD Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 12059649 - AM/PH - New York
Sgt Walter E RUNGE Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James 36235828 - AM/PH - Wisconsin
 

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