M.641 3rd Officer  William Robert Walters 
 flag usa  b. 12 Dec 1905, Chicago IL 11 June 1941 to 16 Feb 1942 

 

 ata_william_walters_draft_card.png US Draft Card, 16 Oct 1940    

 

Father: William, mother Leopoldine [Yandell], Austrian-American

Ed, High School, Chicago

m. Kathryn Ann [Springer]

prev. Private First Class, US Army 2 Apr 1923-2 Apr 1926; Airplane and wholesale salesman, Instructor

Address in 1941: 1330 Belmont St, Washington DC


 Postings: 7FPP

Types flown: Fairchild (9.35 hrs), Hector (2.20), Magsister (14.50), Puss Moth (11.10), Shark (1.30), Swordfish (21.35), Tiger Moth (13.05), Waco (10.15)

 Contract Terminated  - Unlikely to become an efficient ferry pilot

He was offered a payment of 25s a day, $100 embarkation allowance and $500 but refused to agree to this, and sued the ATA for his full entitlement as per his original contract. Eventually they settled on a figure of £471 2s 6d, and he finally sailed back to the US on 13 May.


 Later a Lt-Cmdr, US Navy 24 Jun 1942 - 24 Aug 1946

m. 8 Jul 1950 in Cook County, IL, Irene E [Schoening]

 d. 21 Sep 1957

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