Walter C RACE
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 39234251 | |||||||||
| AGE | 31 ans | |||||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18 january 1912 | |||||||||
| ETAT | Poughkeepsie, NEW YORK | |||||||||
| FAMILY | -- | |||||||||
| RANK | Staff Sergeant | |||||||||
| FONCTION | Gunner | |||||||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | -- |  | ||||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | -- | |||||||||
| SQUADRON | 409th Bomb Squadron | |||||||||
| GROUP | 93rd Bomb Group | |||||||||
| ARMY | 8th Air Force | |||||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 16 april 1943 |  | ||||||||
| STATUS | KIA | |||||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | 20 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 "Liberty Lass" Mission: Brest (29) Take-off: station 104, Norfolk UK Shot down by German fighter
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| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James | |||||||||
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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type D-1-CO - s/n 41-23732 YM*O"Liberty Lass" |
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| 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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| INFORMATION SOURCE | Findagrave.com |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | Findagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |