Ray T Walkup

Military

22 combat missions 1945: Feb 17 Frankfurt; 21 Nuremburg; 22 Ansbach; 28 Kassel; Mar 2 Dresden; 7 Castrap-Raupel; 8 Frankfurt; 9 Frankfurt; 17 Fulda; 18 Berlin; 21 Wilhelmshaven; 28 Holzwickede; Apr 3 Keil; 4 Keil; 5 Furth; 8 Hof; 10 Brandenburg; 11 Ingolstadt; 14 Brodeaux; 15 Belmont; 16 Coubre Point; 17 Dresden



Air Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO Ribbon



Pilot Ray T. Walkup

CP Paul L. Loreen

NAV Richard E. Thompson

F/E Gona R. Lancaster

R/O Robert D.Kruse

GNR William B. Fowler

GNR James L. Koener

GNR William S. McPheron

GNR Elmer C. Rhoades



A/C Tail Number=968...ID=NV

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37968

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Superstituous Aloysius, Bolt From The Blue
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Tarrio, Missouri 26 January 1924

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Added a "O-" to the S/N to aid clarity & consistency.

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Crew info

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self