Clyde B Walker

Military

30 Dec 1942 piloted B-17F 'Boom Town' when a/c was hit by flak then fighters. Bombardier Bentinck was fatally wounded on mission and Walker landed at RAF Station St Eval, Cornwall on the mission's return.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cherry / Boom Town
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p, 496