Name | Parkins, Walter Carl ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 34124122 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron January 1943 Payroll Roster, effective 1 January 1943. |
Duty | Tail Gunner |
MOS | 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 12 August 1943 |
Results |
Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 287⇓ (21.188 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Carrington, Richard Thompson, Jr⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Roberts, James Richard⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Martin-Vegue, James Raymond⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Smithwick, Michael Hayes⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Perrotti, Salvatore John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Schmidlapp, Phillip Elbert⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Smalley, Win Richard⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | MIA |
SGT. Parkins, Walter Carl | Tail Gunner | MIA |
SGT. Scholand, Joseph Anton⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Crew History
The Carrington Crew was the first one to be assigned to the 545th BS of the 384th BG - becoming its "Model Crew" and "Crew 51" (crew #1 of the 545th) - on 31 December 1942 at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. They flew to Wendover a few days after the ground echelon entrained for the transfer.Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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1⇗ | 22 June 1943 |
Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
3⇗ | 26 June 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
4⇗ | 28 June 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3230⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
5⇗ | 29 June 1943 |
Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead, Group Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
10⇗ | 25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑30139⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
12⇗ | 29 July 1943 |
Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑3216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by enemy aircraft, crashed [SE of] Liblar, Germany. MACR 287 Sortie Report⇗ |