World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Floyd A. Walker, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Des Moines, Iowa
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER: 02058592. NAVIGATOR WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, (THE B-24 FIREBIRD WITH THE SERIAL # 42-110167) ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED JUST AFTER BOMBING BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR BREDENBECK, GERMANY AND HE WAS KILLED.