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Kilgore, Walter Thomas
Information
Name
Last Name:
First Name:
Middle Name (initial):
Preferred Name:
Nick Name:
Kilgore
Walter
Thomas

Serial Number
Enlisted:
13014321
Birth Info
Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:
07 Nov 1918

Unknown at this time
Residence
Residence at Enlistment:
Montgomery Co.
Ohio
Official Home Town
Unknown at this time
Enlistment Info
Date of Enlistment:

Place of Enlistment:
13 Nov 40

Langley Field
Virginia
Deployment Info
Deployed Method:

Returned to US Method:
Air - Southern Route

Unknown at this time
Discharge Info
Date:

Place:
30 Nov 61

Passing Info
Date of Death:

Place of Death:

20 Feb 2006

Unknown at this time

Cemetery:


Metairie Cemetery
New Orleans,
Louisiana, :

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Service History
Date
Description
Unit
Rank
MOS Code
Duty
06 Nov 43
Transferred from 800th BS, 470th BG
Sergeant
E-0748 - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner
08 Nov 43
Assigned 788th BS
788th (1st Org)
Sergeant
E-0748 - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner
07 Feb 44
Roster of Flying Personnel Departing Wendover
788th (1st Org)
Sergeant
E-0748 - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner
Gunner
11 Feb 44
Transfer Orders from Wendover to Herington
788th (1st Org)
Sergeant
E-0748 - Airplane Mechanic - Gunner
?? Mar 44
Crew #011-R0
788th (1st Org)
Sergeant
Gunner
29 Apr 44
Shot Down
788th (1st Org)
Staff Sergeant
Gunner
Missions
Mission
Crew
Aircraft
Grp #
Date
City
Credit
BS
#
Position
Serial Number
Name
OM07FEB44
07 Feb 44
788th
7-0-69
Top Turret Gunner
41-29408
Valiant Lady
OM12FEB44
12 Feb 44
788th
7-0-69
Gunner
41-29408
Valiant Lady
007
19 Apr 44
Paderborn
☉
788th
011-R0
Left Waist Gunner
41-29408
Valiant Lady
012
25 Apr 44
Mannheim
x
788th
011-R0
Right Waist Gunner
41-29408
Valiant Lady
013
26 Apr 44
Paderborn
☉
788th
011-R0
Left Waist Gunner
41-29408
Valiant Lady
016
29 Apr 44
Berlin
x
788th
011-R0
Right Waist Gunner
42-52506
Total Flights: 6
Total Combat: 4
Total Dispatched: 4
Total Credited: 2
Stories
Date
Topic
Author
02 Dec 1944
Murdered by Gespato
J Peter Horne

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