Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 16 Apr 1943
Walter C. Race.
Waist Gunner · 409th Squadron · Of CA.
The man.
§ Biography
S/Sgt. Walter C. Race served as left waist gunner on B-24D 41-23732, 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, on the 16 April 1943 mission to Brest. A second MACR copy contains OCR-corrupted surname 'Bass' and serial '30234251'; the primary copy and page 2 index confirm Race with serial 39234251.
Killed in action on 16 April 1943 when the aircraft was lost near Isle D'Ouessant following an enemy fighter attack.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Position
Waist Gunner
Serial Number
39234251
Hometown
CA
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · newest first
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 51
16 Apr 1943
Brest
“Liberty Lass”
→
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Brittany American Cemetery
Location
L 17 2