Walter Perry McBroom
MilitaryAssigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2494
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Remained in USAF, serving as a pilot in Korean conflict, shot down, but not captured.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745990
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Huntington, West Virginia | 17 July 1917 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 3 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I. |
Other Baled out POW |
West of Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 3 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. POW MACR 2494 |
Died Killed |
23 February 1968 | ||
Buried |
Marietta National Cemetery Marietta, Cobb County, GA | 25 March 1968 | Marietta National Cemetery Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia |
Based |
Thurleigh | 3 February 1944 | Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2494
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2494, 8th AF Losses, NARA, First Over Germany pg. 200, Combat Crews pg. 123,