McCormack, Walter Steve

Individual Personnel Data
Name	McCormack, Walter Steve ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	37383089 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #54 dated 21 July 1943, effective 3 July 1943.
Duty	Tail Gunner / Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date	25 July 1943
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Neodesha Cemetery, Neodesha, Kansas
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 20 January 1921 Reported missing 25 July 1943 (MACR not issued).
Related Documents	Post Loss Document File #7⇗
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Hegewald, John Martin⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Doubet, George Loren⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Moritz, Herbert Alvin⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Neyland, John Daniel⇗	Bombardier	MIA
T/SGT. Henry, Paul Francis⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
T/SGT. Ketterer, David Neely⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Hulbert, Dudley Kline⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Freitag, Alvin H⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. McCormack, Walter Steve	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Bridge, Arlie R (IO), Jr⇗	Flexible Gunner	MIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
8⇗	14 July 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑30139⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back three to four minutes after crossing the French coast at 0748 hrs due to failure of #1 engine. Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Tail Gunner	42‑30139⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29728. Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3075⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29728. Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Wesel, Germany area. No MACR Sortie Report⇗

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