Mystery USAAF Lieutenant

[Alex Smart]

Hi,
For what it is worth http://www.yesteryears.com

Only gave me

this http://www.lifealert.com/

Which was not much help.

However,

Bomber Command Losses 1945 has 9th May 45
514 Sqn Lancaster III "JI-B" Exodus
six crew and 24 passengers all ex POW's.
All are named .
And it is noted that All were buried in Clichy New Communal Cemetery.

Also noted is that for the OUTWARD TRIP the crew included Wing Commander S. Baker.
But for the RETURN TRIP He transfered to another aircraft.

The Price of Peace by Colin Cummings has a little more with regard to the Regiments the ex-pow's belonged to. Also it details the Pilots earlier DSO as he was quite young to have been a recipient of this award at 22yrs.
Three RCAF men were in the Crew .

With regard to 1Lt. Walter J Goodman,
the NARA site has his details as -
Service number O-661307 - DNB - Ohio, Cuyahoga
See:
County.http://media.nara.gov/media/images/29/15/29-1498a.gif

And NARA site has Enlistment details as -
Ft Hayes, 7th November 1941, Born 1919, single.Army serial number 15071147.

See:

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-d...061223,4813162



If this is your man it is sad that the ref DNB does not do justice to the full story of his final flight.

All for now
Alex