John Robert Walker
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 12TRS, 67TRG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from escort mission to Evreux, France in Spitfire EN564 with 485(NZ) Sqn RAF. Shot down by FW190 in Bernay, France region, glycol seen to be trailing from port radiator. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 36
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Meyersdale, PA | 1 March 1915 | |
Berlin, PA | 16 October 1940 | ||
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bernay, FR | 14 July 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) from escort mission to Evreux; shot down by FW190 in Bernay, France region. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
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9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide