McMillan Walter F.

Monuments

B-17 (42-30264) 'Dorsal Queen' and B-17 'Raunchy Wolf' (42-3290) Plaque

Name:

Walter F. McMillan

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

39847395

Unit:

551st Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1943-10-26

State:

Arizona

Cemetery:

Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Nebraska

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

1177

Decoration:

Comments:

Walter F. McMillan, Jr. was born in 1921 in Oklahoma. He resided in Gila County, Arizona prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on June 5, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.

Walter served as a Technical Sergeant and Engineer on the B-17 "Dorsal Queen" #42-30264, 551st Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. His plane, while on a return mission from Reims, France, was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 #42-3290 "Raunchy Wolf" also known as "El Lobo." They crashed at Tillingham Hall Farm, Bulphan, England. The entire crews of both B-17's were killed except Ssgt John J. Adams of the Dorsal Queen who was the only survivor.

TSGT McMillan is now buried in the Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, in a common grave with SSGT Binford, 1LT Coomes, SSGT Shepherd, and 2LT Wilson.

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