Walter DeHoff

Killed In Action

Personal Information

Birthplace: Carlton, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army Air Corps

Unit: 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Jan 12, 1943

Discharged: Dec 15, 1944

Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Military Honors: Purple Heart, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Various Army awards

Biography

Walter DeHoff registered for service 17 Dec 1942 and likely went on active duty in Jan 1943, enlisting in the Army Air Corps. Walter served with the 423 Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, stationed at RAF Thurleigh in England. A ball/turret gunner on B-17 43-38019, the Milk Run Special, Staff Sergeant DeHoff was returning from a bombing mission over Kassel, Germany on 15 Dec 1944 when his plane collided with another B-17 during inclement weather near Greenham Common, England. DeHoff and 15 other airmen died. Information courtesy of fold3.com, American Air Museum in Britain and American War Memorials Overseas, Inc.