Walter Halunka
Military
UPL 62714
UPL 62714
S/Sgt Walter Halunka
Walter Halunka
Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-5860 'Escape Kit. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, American campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729797
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cicero, Illinois | 2 February 1921 | Born Cicero, Illinois |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 17 August 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland |
Revisions
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Changes
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Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 675 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 675 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database