Walter N Cranson
Military
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Walt Cranson in 1944.
The Combat Diary of Walter N. Cranson, compiled and produced by Mike Hyde and Doreen Hibbert, 2000.
Served as a co-pilot to Thomas M. Sisson during the war. Walt kept a diary during his time as a pilot and published it as My Combat Diary: 26 Jan - 6 Jun 1945 by Walt Cranson (Compiled and produced by Mike Hyde and Doreen Hibbert 2000).
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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: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17086556
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
392nd BG Memorial Association Membership Directory, June 1987 & Page 240 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia