Samuel Thornton Walker Jr
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 45814 - 2nd Lt Samuel Thornton Walker Jr, 603BS, 398BG
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, 3-Feb-45. Mid-air collision near Lehmke, Germany in B-17 43-38697. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12215.
Awards: DFC, PH.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15140333
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35499925
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34782382
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36817784
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33401456
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Houston, Texas | 27 October 1922 | Son of Samuel Thornton Walker Snr. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 5 August 1942 | Houston, Texas |
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Buried |
Lehmke, Germany | 4 February 1945 | Interred Lehmke Cemetery |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lehmke, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; mid-air collision near Lehmke in B-17 43-38697 |
|
Based |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Cedar Grove Cemetery in Trinity, Trinity County, TX | After the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Samuel Walker rests at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Trinity, Trinity County, Texas |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153995892/samuel-t_-walker
Changed the label for a Died event to KIA per info in the "Summary biography".
MACR 12215
German record KU-3651 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147913734 (NARA)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12215,Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld
