Walter M. Amundson

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Air Force

Walter M. Amundson

Mr. Amundson served in World War II in the European Theater. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a bombadier-navigator. Mr. Amundson's plane was reported lost over France, and he was later a prisoner of war in a German POW camp.

Source: Duluth-News Tribune, March 12, 1944 (see article, below)

“OFFICER INTERNED-Second Lt. Walter M. Amundson, 26, has been interned in a German prison camp, according to a war department notification received yesterday by his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Morton Amundson, 428 North Twenty-third avenue west. Lieutenant Amundson was previously reported missing in action after his plane was lost over France. According to information received by his mother from other fliers who saw the action, Lieutenant Amundson and the rest of the crew bailed out after their plane was crippled. Prior to the crash, Lieutenant Amundson had served as bombardier-navigator on 22 missions, his mother said.”