World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Walter E. Haydt
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED WITH THE 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERGEANT, 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS). STAFF SERGEANT, RADIO OPERATOR ON THE B-24 LIBERATOR 'TEXAS TERROR', 400TH SQUADRON (BLACK PIRATES), MEMBER OF JAMES GUMAER CREW. ON DECEMBER 18, 1942, HIS PLANE WAS BEING FLOWN TO IRON RANGE FOR DELIVERY TO THE 90TH BOMB GROUP. BECAUSE OF A SEVERE STORM, THE PLANE CRASHED INTO MOUNT STRALOCH ON HINCHINBROOK ISLAND. FIVE CREW MEMBERS AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE KILLED. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.