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WALKER, Robert Knighton - Date of
birth
23 June 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia -
Hometown
Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-754396 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
9 April 1944 - Place of
death
Ossecken, 30 miles west of Gdynia, Poland
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
John W. Walker (father)
Maebelle (Harris) Walker (mother)
John W. Walker, Jr. (brother)
Winifred Walker (sister)
Jeanette Walker(sister)
Harold T. Walker (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97465 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Marienburg, Germany
MACR: 3665
More information
2nd Lt Robert K. Walker was employed at the Atlantic Coastline Railroad.A/C 42-97465 was downed by enemy aircraft.
Of the ten men crew, three were killed in action, 1 evaded capture and 6 were taken prisoner.
Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Terry Hirsch, Judy Walker Worley, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, WWII Draft Card,
www.ancestry.com - Georgia Find A Grave Index
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Homepage - The 457th Bomb Group (H) Association (457thbombgroupassoc.org)