World War II Honoree

Edward F. Walker, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Clayton, Oklahoma

Honored By

Ms. Lucille Walker Hayes

Relationship

Wife

RADIO OPERATOR ON A B-17 STATIONED AT THORPE ABBOTT, ENGLAND, HOME OF 8TH AIR FORCE, 100TH BOMB GROUP. ARRIVED JANUARY 1944. WAS AMONG THE FIRST AMERICANS TO BOMB BERLIN BY B-17 AIRCRAFT. KILLED IN ACTION ON HIS 5TH MISSION MARCH 19, 1944 WHEN 'MISS IRISH' WAS HIT BY A DIRECT BURST OF FLAK IN THE RADIO COMPARTMENT, KNOCKING HIM OUT OF THE B-17 WHILE ON A MISSION OVER FRENCH COAST. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE MEMORIAL OF THE MISSING AT THE AMERICAN CEMETERY AT HENRI-CHAPELLE, BELGIUM.