House, Walter Lafayette

Individual Personnel Data
Name House, Walter Lafayette   ‡
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Rank Technical Sergeant
Serial Number 35484983   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943, effective 4 July 1943.
Duty Radio Operator / Gunner
Last Duty Date 6 September 1943
Results Evaded Capture
DecorationsAwarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 6 September 1943 per General Orders #4, Headquarters, 8th Air Force dated 7 January 1944.
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 3 September 1914
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 772⇓ (24.824 MB)
Escape & Evasion Report # 299⇓ (Filesize N/A)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Armstrong, James Edwin⇗PilotEV
2nd Lt. Stoner, Robert Louis⇗Co-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Carlin, Charles Creighton⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Heald, John (NMI)⇗BombardierEV
T/SGT. House, Walter LafayetteRadio Operator / GunnerEV
T/SGT. Grinstein, Sidney C (IO)⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Redwing, James Hardy⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Deibert, William Orendorff⇗Tail GunnerTR
S/SGT. Herrera, Presciliano Silva⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Hammock, Clifford (NMI)⇗Flexible GunnerEV
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Radio Operator 42‑30196⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
8⇗ 14 July 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Radio Operator 42‑30196⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
9⇗ 24 July 1943 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29686⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30196.
Sortie Report⇗
10⇗ 25 July 1943 Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑3259⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑30196⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑30196⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Radio Operator 42‑30196⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Radio Operator 42‑29768⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Radio Operator 42‑30196⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Radio Operator 42‑30026⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Radio Operator 41‑24507⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Two bomb runs due to overcast at target; enemy aircraft and flak knocked out two engines; insufficient fuel to reach England, crashed near Étrépagny, France; MACR 772.
Sortie Report⇗

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