Staff Sergeant Clarence Edward Walker, Army serial number 31283578, was born at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine on June 22, 1923. His parents were Edward Noah Walker (19 Mar 1896 – 24 Nov 1983), who was born at Athens, Somerset County, Maine; and Rita M. (Leighton) Walker Donahue Bigelow (2 Dec 1905 – 19 Apr 1949), who was born at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine. His parents married at Hartland, Maine on February 8, 1922. His father served in the U.S. Navy from April 1917 to August 1919, and later worked as a toggler at the Irving Tannery in Hartland. Apparently his parents divorced. His father married Florence Evelyn (Spencer) Walker (22 Jun 1915 – 24 Nov 1993) in Maine on February 16, 1935. He had at least three younger siblings: Dennis E. Walker (abt 1926 – unk), Melvin S. Walker (1935 – 1995), and Virginia Walker (abt Aug 1939 – unk). In 1940 the family lived on Athens Road in Hartland, Maine.
He graduated from Hartland Academy high school in 1942. He worked as a shipping and receiving clerk and was single when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at Bangor, Maine on January 21, 1943. His home of record was the address of his uncle Perley R. Spencer on Star Route in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Lt Robert G. Reeder in the 839th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group. The Reeder crew completed B-24 crew training with the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. Reeder's copilot, 2/Lt Floyd Schwab, was moved to the first pilot position, and 2/Lt Norman C. Van Kirk was assigned as the crew's copilot at Herington, Kansas, the first stop during the overseas deployment. They flew B-24H 42-52624 overseas via the southern Atlantic ferry route and arrived in England by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Schwab's crew roster on June 7, 1944:
B-24H 42-52624 – 839th Bomb Squadron
• Schwab, Floyd – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Van Kirk, Norman C – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Swiridow, Louis – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Smith, Cecil J – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Olsen, August M Jr – T/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Gross, Billy D – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Marxmiller, Robert K – S/Sgt – Ball Turret – KIA
• Siegel, Melvin – S/Sgt – Tail Turret – POW
• Coe, Seymour – Sgt – Nose Turret – KIA
• Walker, Clarence E – S/Sgt – Upper Turret – KIA
On June 7, 1944, Lt Schwab's crew flew B-24H 42-52624 'BoxCar' on the 487th Bomb Group mission to bomb a tactical target at Angers, France, in support of the Normandy Invasion. Clouds obscured the target and the Lead Squadron bombed an alternate target, the Loire River bridge at Montjean, France, about 20 miles west of Angers. The Schwab crew flew in the High Squadron and bombed a railroad marshalling yard at Chateaubriant, France, about 50 miles northwest of Angers. S/Sgt Walker and six of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak near Rennes, France on the return from the mission. The aircraft broke up and crashed at La Rabine, just west of Bruz, France. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The dead were buried at the civilian cemetery in Bruz, France. After the war, S/Sgt Walker's remains were reinterred at Brittany American Cemetery in Saint-James, France, in Plot C, Row 15, Grave 14.
He has a cenotaph in his family's plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine. (His birth year is listed on the cenotaph as 1922.)
The Breton Air Memorial Association and the Lacy-Davis Foundation dedicated a monument to the Floyd Schwab crew on June 9, 2012. It is located on Rue Germaine Marquer in Bruz, France at 48.02339°N, 1.75905°W.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland. Walker, Edward N. Apr 1930 (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland; Athens Road. Walker, Edward. 12 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Saint Albans. Walker, Clarance [sic]. 26 Apr 1940 (Clarence E. Walker in the household of Joseph Spencer and Perley Spencer, his stepmother's brothers)
5. American Battle Monuments Commission
6. Breton Air Memorial Association. Crash Site of B-24H 42-52624
7. Clarence Edward Walker (1923 – 1944) in Libby Coolidge Family Tree (ancestry.com)
8. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
9. Enlistment Record of Clarence E. Walker
10. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
11. Lacy-Davis Foundation. Monument dedicated to the Floyd Schwab crew at Bruz, France, on 9 June 2012
12. Maine Death Index, 1960–1996: Edward N. Walker died 24 Nov 1983 at Skowhegan, Maine (his father)
13. Maine Marriage Index, 1892–1966: Edward N. Walker of Hartland Maine married Florence E. Spencer of Hartland Maine in Maine, USA on 16 Feb 1935. (his father's second marriage)
14. Maine State Archive Collections. Military Service Record of Edward N. Walker, his father: born 19 Mar 1896 at Athens, Maine; Apprentice Seaman, US Navy, 22 Apr 1917 – 22 Aug 1919
15. Maine Vital Records, 1670–1921:
• Edward Noah Walker was born at Athens, Somerset County, Maine on 19 Mar 1896; parents: John Walker and Bertha M. (Staples) Walker (his father's birth record)
• Edward Noah Walker married Rita M. Leighton at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Feb 1922 (his parents)
16. Mundia.com (ancestry.com) profiles of Clarence Edward Walker (1923–1944)
17. Stofko, Arthur J. Personal Conversation. Sep 2007 (replaced Norman C. Van Kirk as copilot on the Peter J. Brown crew at Herington, Kansas in March 1944)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5483
19. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of Seymour Coe Jr, 12053958 (aka '293 File') (his crewmate)
20. U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 (ancestry.com)
21. U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900–1999: THE RIPPLE [yearbook]. Hartland, ME: Hartland Academy, 1947 (ancestry.com) (The Alunmi Notes section shows: Class of '42: Clarence Walker, Hartland, deceased)
22. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
He graduated from Hartland Academy high school in 1942. He worked as a shipping and receiving clerk and was single when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at Bangor, Maine on January 21, 1943. His home of record was the address of his uncle Perley R. Spencer on Star Route in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Lt Robert G. Reeder in the 839th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group. The Reeder crew completed B-24 crew training with the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. Reeder's copilot, 2/Lt Floyd Schwab, was moved to the first pilot position, and 2/Lt Norman C. Van Kirk was assigned as the crew's copilot at Herington, Kansas, the first stop during the overseas deployment. They flew B-24H 42-52624 overseas via the southern Atlantic ferry route and arrived in England by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Schwab's crew roster on June 7, 1944:
B-24H 42-52624 – 839th Bomb Squadron
• Schwab, Floyd – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Van Kirk, Norman C – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Swiridow, Louis – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Smith, Cecil J – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Olsen, August M Jr – T/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Gross, Billy D – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Marxmiller, Robert K – S/Sgt – Ball Turret – KIA
• Siegel, Melvin – S/Sgt – Tail Turret – POW
• Coe, Seymour – Sgt – Nose Turret – KIA
• Walker, Clarence E – S/Sgt – Upper Turret – KIA
On June 7, 1944, Lt Schwab's crew flew B-24H 42-52624 'BoxCar' on the 487th Bomb Group mission to bomb a tactical target at Angers, France, in support of the Normandy Invasion. Clouds obscured the target and the Lead Squadron bombed an alternate target, the Loire River bridge at Montjean, France, about 20 miles west of Angers. The Schwab crew flew in the High Squadron and bombed a railroad marshalling yard at Chateaubriant, France, about 50 miles northwest of Angers. S/Sgt Walker and six of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak near Rennes, France on the return from the mission. The aircraft broke up and crashed at La Rabine, just west of Bruz, France. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The dead were buried at the civilian cemetery in Bruz, France. After the war, S/Sgt Walker's remains were reinterred at Brittany American Cemetery in Saint-James, France, in Plot C, Row 15, Grave 14.
He has a cenotaph in his family's plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine. (His birth year is listed on the cenotaph as 1922.)
The Breton Air Memorial Association and the Lacy-Davis Foundation dedicated a monument to the Floyd Schwab crew on June 9, 2012. It is located on Rue Germaine Marquer in Bruz, France at 48.02339°N, 1.75905°W.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland. Walker, Edward N. Apr 1930 (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland; Athens Road. Walker, Edward. 12 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Saint Albans. Walker, Clarance [sic]. 26 Apr 1940 (Clarence E. Walker in the household of Joseph Spencer and Perley Spencer, his stepmother's brothers)
5. American Battle Monuments Commission
6. Breton Air Memorial Association. Crash Site of B-24H 42-52624
7. Clarence Edward Walker (1923 – 1944) in Libby Coolidge Family Tree (ancestry.com)
8. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
9. Enlistment Record of Clarence E. Walker
10. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
11. Lacy-Davis Foundation. Monument dedicated to the Floyd Schwab crew at Bruz, France, on 9 June 2012
12. Maine Death Index, 1960–1996: Edward N. Walker died 24 Nov 1983 at Skowhegan, Maine (his father)
13. Maine Marriage Index, 1892–1966: Edward N. Walker of Hartland Maine married Florence E. Spencer of Hartland Maine in Maine, USA on 16 Feb 1935. (his father's second marriage)
14. Maine State Archive Collections. Military Service Record of Edward N. Walker, his father: born 19 Mar 1896 at Athens, Maine; Apprentice Seaman, US Navy, 22 Apr 1917 – 22 Aug 1919
15. Maine Vital Records, 1670–1921:
• Edward Noah Walker was born at Athens, Somerset County, Maine on 19 Mar 1896; parents: John Walker and Bertha M. (Staples) Walker (his father's birth record)
• Edward Noah Walker married Rita M. Leighton at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Feb 1922 (his parents)
16. Mundia.com (ancestry.com) profiles of Clarence Edward Walker (1923–1944)
17. Stofko, Arthur J. Personal Conversation. Sep 2007 (replaced Norman C. Van Kirk as copilot on the Peter J. Brown crew at Herington, Kansas in March 1944)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5483
19. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of Seymour Coe Jr, 12053958 (aka '293 File') (his crewmate)
20. U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 (ancestry.com)
21. U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900–1999: THE RIPPLE [yearbook]. Hartland, ME: Hartland Academy, 1947 (ancestry.com) (The Alunmi Notes section shows: Class of '42: Clarence Walker, Hartland, deceased)
22. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
Staff Sergeant Clarence Edward Walker, Army serial number 31283578, was born at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine on June 22, 1923. His parents were Edward Noah Walker (19 Mar 1896 – 24 Nov 1983), who was born at Athens, Somerset County, Maine; and Rita M. (Leighton) Walker Donahue Bigelow (2 Dec 1905 – 19 Apr 1949), who was born at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine. His parents married at Hartland, Maine on February 8, 1922. His father served in the U.S. Navy from April 1917 to August 1919, and later worked as a toggler at the Irving Tannery in Hartland. Apparently his parents divorced. His father married Florence Evelyn (Spencer) Walker (22 Jun 1915 – 24 Nov 1993) in Maine on February 16, 1935. He had at least three younger siblings: Dennis E. Walker (abt 1926 – unk), Melvin S. Walker (1935 – 1995), and Virginia Walker (abt Aug 1939 – unk). In 1940 the family lived on Athens Road in Hartland, Maine.
He graduated from Hartland Academy high school in 1942. He worked as a shipping and receiving clerk and was single when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at Bangor, Maine on January 21, 1943. His home of record was the address of his uncle Perley R. Spencer on Star Route in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Lt Robert G. Reeder in the 839th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group. The Reeder crew completed B-24 crew training with the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. Reeder's copilot, 2/Lt Floyd Schwab, was moved to the first pilot position, and 2/Lt Norman C. Van Kirk was assigned as the crew's copilot at Herington, Kansas, the first stop during the overseas deployment. They flew B-24H 42-52624 overseas via the southern Atlantic ferry route and arrived in England by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Schwab's crew roster on June 7, 1944:
B-24H 42-52624 – 839th Bomb Squadron
• Schwab, Floyd – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Van Kirk, Norman C – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Swiridow, Louis – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Smith, Cecil J – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Olsen, August M Jr – T/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Gross, Billy D – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Marxmiller, Robert K – S/Sgt – Ball Turret – KIA
• Siegel, Melvin – S/Sgt – Tail Turret – POW
• Coe, Seymour – Sgt – Nose Turret – KIA
• Walker, Clarence E – S/Sgt – Upper Turret – KIA
On June 7, 1944, Lt Schwab's crew flew B-24H 42-52624 'BoxCar' on the 487th Bomb Group mission to bomb a tactical target at Angers, France, in support of the Normandy Invasion. Clouds obscured the target and the Lead Squadron bombed an alternate target, the Loire River bridge at Montjean, France, about 20 miles west of Angers. The Schwab crew flew in the High Squadron and bombed a railroad marshalling yard at Chateaubriant, France, about 50 miles northwest of Angers. S/Sgt Walker and six of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak near Rennes, France on the return from the mission. The aircraft broke up and crashed at La Rabine, just west of Bruz, France. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The dead were buried at the civilian cemetery in Bruz, France. After the war, S/Sgt Walker's remains were reinterred at Brittany American Cemetery in Saint-James, France, in Plot C, Row 15, Grave 14.
He has a cenotaph in his family's plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine. (His birth year is listed on the cenotaph as 1922.)
The Breton Air Memorial Association and the Lacy-Davis Foundation dedicated a monument to the Floyd Schwab crew on June 9, 2012. It is located on Rue Germaine Marquer in Bruz, France at 48.02339°N, 1.75905°W.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland. Walker, Edward N. Apr 1930 (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland; Athens Road. Walker, Edward. 12 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Saint Albans. Walker, Clarance [sic]. 26 Apr 1940 (Clarence E. Walker in the household of Joseph Spencer and Perley Spencer, his stepmother's brothers)
5. American Battle Monuments Commission
6. Breton Air Memorial Association. Crash Site of B-24H 42-52624
7. Clarence Edward Walker (1923 – 1944) in Libby Coolidge Family Tree (ancestry.com)
8. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
9. Enlistment Record of Clarence E. Walker
10. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
11. Lacy-Davis Foundation. Monument dedicated to the Floyd Schwab crew at Bruz, France, on 9 June 2012
12. Maine Death Index, 1960–1996: Edward N. Walker died 24 Nov 1983 at Skowhegan, Maine (his father)
13. Maine Marriage Index, 1892–1966: Edward N. Walker of Hartland Maine married Florence E. Spencer of Hartland Maine in Maine, USA on 16 Feb 1935. (his father's second marriage)
14. Maine State Archive Collections. Military Service Record of Edward N. Walker, his father: born 19 Mar 1896 at Athens, Maine; Apprentice Seaman, US Navy, 22 Apr 1917 – 22 Aug 1919
15. Maine Vital Records, 1670–1921:
• Edward Noah Walker was born at Athens, Somerset County, Maine on 19 Mar 1896; parents: John Walker and Bertha M. (Staples) Walker (his father's birth record)
• Edward Noah Walker married Rita M. Leighton at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Feb 1922 (his parents)
16. Mundia.com (ancestry.com) profiles of Clarence Edward Walker (1923–1944)
17. Stofko, Arthur J. Personal Conversation. Sep 2007 (replaced Norman C. Van Kirk as copilot on the Peter J. Brown crew at Herington, Kansas in March 1944)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5483
19. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of Seymour Coe Jr, 12053958 (aka '293 File') (his crewmate)
20. U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 (ancestry.com)
21. U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900–1999: THE RIPPLE [yearbook]. Hartland, ME: Hartland Academy, 1947 (ancestry.com) (The Alunmi Notes section shows: Class of '42: Clarence Walker, Hartland, deceased)
22. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
He graduated from Hartland Academy high school in 1942. He worked as a shipping and receiving clerk and was single when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at Bangor, Maine on January 21, 1943. His home of record was the address of his uncle Perley R. Spencer on Star Route in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine.
He completed Army Air Forces flight engineer and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Lt Robert G. Reeder in the 839th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group. The Reeder crew completed B-24 crew training with the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. Reeder's copilot, 2/Lt Floyd Schwab, was moved to the first pilot position, and 2/Lt Norman C. Van Kirk was assigned as the crew's copilot at Herington, Kansas, the first stop during the overseas deployment. They flew B-24H 42-52624 overseas via the southern Atlantic ferry route and arrived in England by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Schwab's crew roster on June 7, 1944:
B-24H 42-52624 – 839th Bomb Squadron
• Schwab, Floyd – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Van Kirk, Norman C – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Swiridow, Louis – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Smith, Cecil J – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Olsen, August M Jr – T/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Gross, Billy D – T/Sgt – Engineer – POW
• Marxmiller, Robert K – S/Sgt – Ball Turret – KIA
• Siegel, Melvin – S/Sgt – Tail Turret – POW
• Coe, Seymour – Sgt – Nose Turret – KIA
• Walker, Clarence E – S/Sgt – Upper Turret – KIA
On June 7, 1944, Lt Schwab's crew flew B-24H 42-52624 'BoxCar' on the 487th Bomb Group mission to bomb a tactical target at Angers, France, in support of the Normandy Invasion. Clouds obscured the target and the Lead Squadron bombed an alternate target, the Loire River bridge at Montjean, France, about 20 miles west of Angers. The Schwab crew flew in the High Squadron and bombed a railroad marshalling yard at Chateaubriant, France, about 50 miles northwest of Angers. S/Sgt Walker and six of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak near Rennes, France on the return from the mission. The aircraft broke up and crashed at La Rabine, just west of Bruz, France. Three men survived and became prisoners of war.
The dead were buried at the civilian cemetery in Bruz, France. After the war, S/Sgt Walker's remains were reinterred at Brittany American Cemetery in Saint-James, France, in Plot C, Row 15, Grave 14.
He has a cenotaph in his family's plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Hartland, Somerset County, Maine. (His birth year is listed on the cenotaph as 1922.)
The Breton Air Memorial Association and the Lacy-Davis Foundation dedicated a monument to the Floyd Schwab crew on June 9, 2012. It is located on Rue Germaine Marquer in Bruz, France at 48.02339°N, 1.75905°W.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland. Walker, Edward N. Apr 1930 (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Hartland; Athens Road. Walker, Edward. 12 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. 1940 US Census; Maine; Somerset County; Saint Albans. Walker, Clarance [sic]. 26 Apr 1940 (Clarence E. Walker in the household of Joseph Spencer and Perley Spencer, his stepmother's brothers)
5. American Battle Monuments Commission
6. Breton Air Memorial Association. Crash Site of B-24H 42-52624
7. Clarence Edward Walker (1923 – 1944) in Libby Coolidge Family Tree (ancestry.com)
8. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
9. Enlistment Record of Clarence E. Walker
10. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon order to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
11. Lacy-Davis Foundation. Monument dedicated to the Floyd Schwab crew at Bruz, France, on 9 June 2012
12. Maine Death Index, 1960–1996: Edward N. Walker died 24 Nov 1983 at Skowhegan, Maine (his father)
13. Maine Marriage Index, 1892–1966: Edward N. Walker of Hartland Maine married Florence E. Spencer of Hartland Maine in Maine, USA on 16 Feb 1935. (his father's second marriage)
14. Maine State Archive Collections. Military Service Record of Edward N. Walker, his father: born 19 Mar 1896 at Athens, Maine; Apprentice Seaman, US Navy, 22 Apr 1917 – 22 Aug 1919
15. Maine Vital Records, 1670–1921:
• Edward Noah Walker was born at Athens, Somerset County, Maine on 19 Mar 1896; parents: John Walker and Bertha M. (Staples) Walker (his father's birth record)
• Edward Noah Walker married Rita M. Leighton at Hartland, Somerset County, Maine on 8 Feb 1922 (his parents)
16. Mundia.com (ancestry.com) profiles of Clarence Edward Walker (1923–1944)
17. Stofko, Arthur J. Personal Conversation. Sep 2007 (replaced Norman C. Van Kirk as copilot on the Peter J. Brown crew at Herington, Kansas in March 1944)
18. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 5483
19. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of Seymour Coe Jr, 12053958 (aka '293 File') (his crewmate)
20. U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 (ancestry.com)
21. U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900–1999: THE RIPPLE [yearbook]. Hartland, ME: Hartland Academy, 1947 (ancestry.com) (The Alunmi Notes section shows: Class of '42: Clarence Walker, Hartland, deceased)
22. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Secretary, 487th Bomb Group Association
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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S SGT 839 BOMB SQ 487 BOMB GP (H)
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