World War II Honoree

Walter Farmer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Corsicana, Texas

Honored By

Peggy Farmer

Relationship

Wife

FLIGHT ENGINEER, B-24 'COMANCHE', 8TH AIR FORCE, 2ND AIR DIVISION, 714TH BOMB SQUADRON, 448TH BOMB GROUP, CREW 56. FLEW 13 MISSIONS FROM SEETHING, ENGLAND TO GERMANY. PLANE HIT BY FLAK OVER FRANCE ON RETURN TRIP TO ENGLAND ON MARCH 20, 1943. CAPTURED BY GERMANS. PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT 1 NEAR BARTH, GERMANY UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN 1945.