COMPLETING TRAINING
Sgt. Walter A. Townsend, husband of Mrs. Emily Townsend, 3501 Seventh avenue, is completing his combat training with the army air force’s heavy bombardment unit at
Geiger field, Spokane, Wash.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, October 01, 1943, Page 7
HUSBAND IS MISSING IN ACTION
Mrs. Walter Townsend, 3501 Seventh avenue, has received an official notice from the war department stating that her husband, Sgt. Walter Townsend, has been listed as missing in action over Germany since Nov. 27.
Sgt. Townsend served as a tail gunner on a bomber (B-17). He had been in the service one year on Nov. 4, and had been over-seas three months.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, December 12, 1943, Page 8
FORMER PRISONERS at SAN ANTONIO
Four residents of Council Bluffs, all former prisoners of war, recently reported to the AAF personnel distribution command at San Antonio, Tex., for processing prior to reassignment or return to civilian life. They are:
1st. Lt. Louis Eugene Telpner, a bombardier, 781 Madison avenue, who flew18 combat missions against the Germans before being shot down. He was overseas 20 months and wears the air medal with two oak leaf clusters.
Sgt. Duane G. Waters, 706 Third street, who flew on five combat missions as an engineer. He formerly attended Abraham Lincoln high school and worked for the Omaha News company.
Sgt. Walter A. Townsend, 216 South Twenty-eighth street, who flew as armor-gunner on a B-17.
Sgt. Peter J. Fischer, 2330 South Tenth street, was a gunner on a Flying Fortress. He attended St. Francis high school and Tabor college before enlisting in the army air corps.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, September 16, 1945, Page 2
WINS DISCHARGE
After 20 months’ overseas service with the army air forces, Sgt. Walter A. Townsend, 3501 Seventh avenue, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Townsend, 216 South Twenty-eighth street, has been honorably discharged from the armed forces.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, October 07, 1945, Page 7
