344th bomb group : Lt. Harold A. Walton

Lt. Harold A. Walton

Lt. Harold A. Walton was a pilot for the 344th BG 497th Bomb squadron. (Click any picture to enlarge)

Colorized by Carl Carrozza

His usual pilot was Oliver T Hayes, Harold A Walton was the co-pilot.

Here is a photo of his crew taken at Barksdale Field before heading to Hunter Field and taking a B-26 to England by the Southern Route.

Based on the D-Day flight chart he flew *42-95978 Sad Sack 7I-Q . Walton’s daughter came across an envelop addressed to 1st Lt W.E. (Daddy) Harrison he flew *42-95952 Juanita / You’ve ‘Ad It . The photos are of You’ve ‘AD IT (5, one might have several members of the crew and one of the Artiste with paints working on the noseart),

: Ground Crew of You’ve Ad It?

: *42-95952 Juanita / You’ve ‘Ad It

Hard to Get (2 photos),

: 42-95903 Hard To Get 7I-F

SMILIN JOY, and BUTCH (with possible crew members).

: 42-95920 Smilin’ Joy 7I-G

: 42-95972 Little Butch 7I-O

Also eight other photos taken around the base (Stansted) of squad members,

: Stansted

: Stansted

: Stansted

: Stansted

: Stansted

: Jocko the pet monkey (adopted in Morocco?)

: Stansted

and two of planes in the air.

: 344th in action.

: 344th in action.

: 344th in action.

This is a transcript of an interesting radio interview Walton did when he returned to college at Humboldt State College in Arcata, California. (Click pages to enlarge)