Charles Walts Crew
Charles D. Walts Crew (left to right) Back Row: Bill Higginbotham (POW) Tail Gunner; Travis Brumbeau (POW) Radio Operator;Frank Fetherston (KIA) Left Waist Gunner; Clyde Walker (KIA) Engineer & Top Turret;Henry Gratzfeld (KIA) Ball Turret; Thomas Murphy (POW) Right Waist. Front Row: Charles D. Walts (POW) Pilot; Richard Cooper Dodson (KIA) Bombardier; Louis H. Oss (POW) Navigator; Jerome H Wallace (KIA) Co-Pilot According to Charles Walts: “Our B17 was the ‘Invadin Maiden’. This picture was made in Grand Island, Nebraska in August 1943 before leaving for England.” Photo courtesy of Mrs. Thelma Walts (November 2006)
Crew List
1st Crew List
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| Rank | Name | Pos | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lt | WALTS, Charles D. | P | POW |
| Lt | WALLACE, Jerome H. | CP | KIA |
| Lt | OSS, Louis H. | NAV | POW |
| Lt | DODSON, Richard C. | BOM | KIA |
| T/Sgt | FETHERSTON, Frank | TTE | KIA |
| T/Sgt | WALKER, Clyde M. | TTE | KIA |
| T/Sgt | BRUMBEAU, Travis | ROG | POW |
| T/Sgt | GRATZFELD, Henry | BTG | KIA |
| Sgt | MURPHY, Thomas | WG | POW |
| S/Sgt | HIGGINBOTHAM, William | TG | POW |
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Charles Walts crash site
Hello! While searching for records about Frank E. Fetherston I've found your website and it's databases. I've found the description of his plane and place and time of his death. As I live close to that place I decided to visit it today, not by coincedence the 75th anniversary of the date of the crash. I hoped to find someone on the Wildermann Farm (reportedly the crash site) who could show me the place. I met, I still can't believe, Mr. Hermann Wildermann and asked him about the topic. He frankly told me that he remembers the place and the date.... he is 88 years old now (so he was 13 at the time) . I'll attach a picture of the site. With kind regards Frank Schäfer
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