Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Michaels, Walter Harold June 9, 1944
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Johnstown Democrat
Thursday, 14 June 1945


		Missing Sidman Flier-Officer Now Added to War Dead
		Lt. Walter Michaels Reported Killed in Action over Munich

	A bomber-pilot from Sidman R.D. 1, who previously had been reported missing
over Munich, Germany, was listed as killed as the names of five more servicemen
were added to the war toll yesterday.

	Four others were wounded, including a Carrolltown soldier who was the second
member of his family to fall a war casualty.  The casualties are:

Killed-Second Lt. Walter H. Michaels, 23, Sidman, R.D. 1.
Wounded- George Stephen Butchko, Jr., Johnstown.
	Sgt. Daniel I. Kline, Carrolltown.
	PFC. William R. Miller, Carrolltown, R.D. 1.
	Cpl. Steve L. Bolish, Hooversville.

	Second Lt. Walter H. Michaels, 23, of Sidman R.D. 1, who had been reported
missing since June 9, 1944, during a bombing mission over Munich, Germany, was
killed on that date, according to word received yesterday by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis H. Michaels of Sidman R.D. 1.

	The government informed Mr. and Mrs. Michaels that since no word has been
received from their son since the day he was reported missing he must be
presumed as dead and his name was entered on the rolls of the American war dead.

	Lt. Leonard Brosky, the navigator on the B-24 bomber piloted by Lt. Michaels,
informed relatives that they were participating in a  raid over Munich when
German fighter planes intercepted the bomber.

	The navigator, who was the only survivor of the disaster, said the order was
given to bail out and he leaped.  As he was parachuting to the ground he said he
saw the plane explode in midair before other members of the crew could jump.

	Lt. Michaels entered the Army Air Forces Oct. 21, 1942, and trained in various
air bases in the States before being assigned to overseas combat duty.

	He was graduated from Beaverdale High School and worked for the Beaver Run 
Coal Co. before entering the A.A.F.  He was a member of the St. Michael independent
baseball team and for 15 years served as Democrat carrier and agent in
Beaverdale and vicinity.

	Two brothers are in the armed forces - Lt. James, located at Lowry Field,
Denver, Colo., and Aviation Cadet Herbert, in Amarillo, Tex.

	A requiem mass for the repose of the flier's soul will be celebrated Sunday,
June 24, in St. Agnes' Catholic Church, Beaverdale.

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