Walter Wolchik

Military

Prisoner of War. Shot down and became Prisoner of War (POW) on 30 September 1944, target Munster. By arrival at the T/A, two engines were out and a third running rough, so crew bailed out. Captured at Ascheberg. A/c crashed nine miles ESE of Munster, near Natarp. Plane was B-17G 43-37632. 9 Prisoners of War.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37632

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

30 September 1944

Born

New Jersey

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MACR 9417

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9417,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1728">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1728>; Losses of the 8th AH, vol.4