World War II Honoree

Walter W. Poole, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER: 0-734383 BOMBARDIER WITH THE 398TH BOMB GROUP, 600TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH UAAAF BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-17 “PHONEY EXPRESS” WITH THE SERIAL # 43-37846, ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS HIT BY FLAK SECONDS BEFORE BOMBING. HIS BOMBER CRASH LANDED NEAR VELSWIJK IN THE NETHERLANDS. ALL SURVIVED THE LANDING AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER.