George Walcher
Military
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Object Number - UPL 13497 - George Walcher
Assigned to 700BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot up by severe flak damage during the bomb run to V-sites in France on 13-Feb-44 in B-24 42-7558 'Lilian Ann'. With hole in the main fuel tank and the two engines on the left wing out of action, the a/c returned and crash landed near Cover, Kent. RTD.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lillian Ann
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wyoming, Ohio | 14 July 1922 | BornWyoming, Ohio |
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Enlisted |
6 March 1943 | ||
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Other Discharged |
30 November 1945 | ||
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Died |
Shreveport, Louisiana | 14 October 1997 | DiedShreveport, Louisiana |
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Buried |
Centuries Memorial Park Shreveport, Louisiana | 17 October 1997 | InterredCenturies Memorial ParkShreveport, Louisiana |
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
