World War II Honoree

Walter A. Babinski

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Honored By

Greg Babinski

Relationship

Son

WAS A B-24 BALL TURRET GUNNER. ENTERED SERVICE JANUARY 1943. TRAINED AT ST. PETERSBURG AND CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, SALT LAKE CITY, HARVARD NEBRASKA, BILOXI MISSISSIPPI, LAREDO AND EAGLE PASS, TEXAS AND MUROC, CALIFORNIA UNTIL MARCH 1944. IN APRIL 1944 HE WAS SENT TO GUADALCANAL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH AIR FORCE; 307TH BOMB GROUP, 424TH SQUADRON IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC FROM APRIL 1944 TO MARCH 1945. BASED AT LOS NEGROS, WAKDE, NOEMFOOR AND MOROTAI WITH THE 307TH BOMB GROUP, HE FLEW 42 COMBAT MISSIONS TO RABAUL, TRUK, YAP, PALAU, BALIKPAPAN, TARAKAN AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN APRIL 1945 DISCHARGED JUNE 1945.