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SANDERS, Walter Ward Jr "Buck" - Date of
birth
25 February 1921 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Madison, St. Francis County, Arkansas -
Hometown
Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-700550 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
409th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
9 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Bitburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Walter W. Sanders Sr. (father)
Mary L. (Kendall) Sanders (mother)
Kathleen Sanders (sister)
Lois E. (Fancher) Sanders (wife)
Virginia Sanders (daughter)
Bruce Sanders (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95168 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Alley Cat
Destination: Mainz, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 9348
More information
The aircraft was hit by German anti-aircraft fire, causing three of its four engines to fail. Part of the crew managed to bail out by parachute and was taken prisoner, but unfortunately Walter W. Sanders did not survive the crash.He is remembered at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Brown Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Hope
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-E, Victory Field, Vernon, Texas, www.findagrave.com – Hope