DeHoff Walter Ephrain

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Walter Ephrain DeHoff is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

RAF Greenham Crash Memorial

Name:

Walter Ephrain DeHoff

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

37530095

Unit:

423rd Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-12-15

State:

Kansas

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Comments:

Walter Ephrain DeHoff was born in 1924. He served in the 423rd Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and a crew member of the B-17 #43-38019 "Milk Run Special" during World War II. He was Killed in Action on December 15, 1944 when his plane, on return from Kassel, Germany, was involved in a mid-air collision with #43-37633 due to bad weather and extremely poor visibility over Greenham Common, UK. It is apparent that neither pilot saw the the other aircraft. SSGT DeHoff is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.