Higgins Walter F.

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Walter F. Higgins is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Five B-17s -483rd Bomber Group

Name:

Walter F. Higgins

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-702428

Unit:

816th Bomber Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group (Heavy)

Date of Death:

1944-07-18

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France

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Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Walter F. Higgins resided in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania prior to the war. He served as a Second Lieutenant and a Navigator on the B-17G #44-6174, 816th Bomber Squadron, 483rd Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-17G #44-6174 took off from Sterparone, Italy on July 18, 1944 on a bombing mission over Memmingen, Germany. Prior to "bombs away" they, along with 6 other B-17's, were attacked by an overwhelming number of German fighter aircraft. B-17G #44-6174, along with other B-17's, were shot down and crashed near Memmingen. He is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.

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