New England Air Museum
Walter A. Grouten
 
 
 
Current Address:  
17 Wyncairn Drive, East Granby, CT 06026
 
Email:  
 
Family Information:   Parents: Leo and Anna
 
Hometown:   Farmington, CT
 
Date Entered Service:   January 3 1943
 
Service Number:   31276894
 
Bomb Group:   444th
 
Squadron:   677th
 
Location of Unit:   Great Bend, KS - September 1943
 
Missions Flown:   35
 
Hump Missions Flown:   22
 
Targets:  
 
Awards/Decorations:  
 
Service Schools Attended:  
Turret School Mar-Apr 1943; B-29 CFC School May-Aug 1943
 
Military Specialty(ies):   Central Fire Control
 
Rank Upon Discharge:   Technical Sergeant
 
Crew Type:   Flight crew
 
Airplane Serial No.& Name:  
42-65228 Earthquake McGoon, 42-93857 Hellon Wings, 42-6228 Eight Ball, Poison Ivy
 
Were you a POW?   No
If so, where?  
 
Were you interned?   No 
If so, where?  
 
Date Transferred from the 58th:  
 
Date Discharged from the 58th:   October 13 1945
 
Post-WWII Military Service:  
 
Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s):
Homes Sales, Equipment Sales Manager, V.P. Manufacturing Co.
 
Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing:
I did my duty
 
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