Walter Francis Brookings
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by flak burst and crashed N of St Pol, FR on a mission to Wizernes, FR on 19 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31926 'Lovell's Hovel'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters; Purple Heart
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- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 24 December 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA | 9 January 1920 | |
| Brookline, MA | 1 July 1941 | 126 Cypress Street | |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 18 May 1942 | |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot D Row 12 Grave 33 Normandy American Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery American Cemetery 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, France | 19 March 1944 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3242 / MACR 3242, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database