T/Sgt Walter S. Blakely

Name: Walter S. Blakley
Rank: Technical Sgt.
Serial #: 16047329
Crew Position: Crew Chief
Carrier Group: 61st
Squadron: 15th
Plane Type: C-47
Plane Serial #: 42-23332 "Stormy"
Hometown: Richland County, Wisconsin
Date: 11/23/44
Buried: Returned to U.S.A.*
Awards: Air medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

*Blakley washed up on the beach in the Dunkirk area. He was first buried by the Germans.