littlebuddy Posted September 28, 2013 Share #1 Posted September 28, 2013 I do hope i have placed this thread in the right section , this post ,is my own little memoriam to Phanor B Waters , Who died on the 23rd September in 1944 while flying support for the "OPERATION MARKET GARDEN " over Almelo ,Holland Phanor B Waters His grave marker in the American cemetry at Margarten, Limburg , Netherlands im have been trying to upload his MACR to this post but with no luck ! so please bear with me on the details as im having to copy them his aircraft was called "Gracie" and its serial number was 44-7094 the macr was filled in by lt col J C Meyers his commanding officer " Lt Waters was a member of red flight led by Capt Johnson , consisting of Lts Clark and Ayers . When Lt Col Meyer ,squadron leader was in the vicinity of Hengelo, he was called by Capt Johnsonat about 17.30 hrs who asked his posistion and gave that of his flight as vicinity Almelo. Capt Johnson said he was taking a heading of 270 . A short while later LT Taylor heard what he thought was Capt Johnson telling his flight to "break" Nothing else was heard or is known concerning the flights failure to return " this is the item i have belonging to 2nd LT Waters i do hope this is of some interest to all the forum many thanks for reading it LB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted September 28, 2013 Share #2 Posted September 28, 2013 That's some name! Very interesting...thank you Carl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted September 28, 2013 Share #3 Posted September 28, 2013 Very nice post Carl. Thanks for making it and remembering his service! Cool B-4 bag as well! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted September 28, 2013 Share #4 Posted September 28, 2013 A very nice tribute to these young warrior.. Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted September 29, 2013 Share #5 Posted September 29, 2013 Thank you for your kind remembrance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted September 30, 2013 Share #6 Posted September 30, 2013 Carl, Your post just goes to show that any named item can act as a key to unlock a story. Thanks for sharing. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted September 30, 2013 thank you to all who have commented on this post rip Phanor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted September 30, 2013 Share #8 Posted September 30, 2013 This is why named items are so wonderful.. They unlock these true heros' stories that may never otherwise be known. Thanks Carl - RIP Mr. Waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_lits Posted September 30, 2013 Share #9 Posted September 30, 2013 Thanks for sharing Carl and helping preserve his history. Great share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share #10 Posted December 28, 2013 Phanor B Waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted December 29, 2013 His aircraft " Gracie" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted September 23, 2014 BTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabelwsanders Posted June 25, 2015 Share #13 Posted June 25, 2015 Hello there - my name is Isabel Waters Sanders. Phanor "Peter" Waters was my uncle. A lady in the Netherlands who "adopted" his grave in the American Cemetery in Margraten emailed this link. It's great to see these photos - how did you find them? Please feel free to email me if you want to know more about my uncle. I never knew him of course, because he died at a very young age, but he was always honored and remembered lovingly in my family. Isabel Sanders, New Orleans, LA [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted June 25, 2015 Share #14 Posted June 25, 2015 hello Isabel... The grave marker picture came from here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=waters&GSfn=phanor&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=56305008&df=all& The yearbook photo I beleive came from an online Google image search, and the photos of him and his P51 came from the 352 group website. I'm sure Carl would love to hear from you and Im sure he will be in touch. He did a very nice job honoring your relative. welcome to the forum! Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted June 25, 2015 Email sent Isabel !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted September 23, 2015 71 years ago today . Once again we remember Lt P B Waters "to a friend i never knew " LB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted September 23, 2015 Share #17 Posted September 23, 2015 Very cool that you continue to keep his memory alive Carl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted September 23, 2015 Very cool that you continue to keep his memory alive Carl. Thank you Dan ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wauben Posted June 14, 2021 Share #19 Posted June 14, 2021 Hi!, I recently adopted Peter's (Phanor) Waters grave in Margraten, The Netherlands and have been in close contact with Peter's nephew who sent me lots of useful stuff and we finally figured out what happened to red flight. The flight consisted of 4 mustangs, led by Capt Johnson en Lts Ayers, Clark and Waters. They got separated from their group near Almelo (The Netherlands) by intense ground fire and flew on heading 245, trying to rejoin. They were flying at 900 feet in poor visibility when they were attacked by a group of 10 FW190 who were patrolling the area, this was near the city of Appeldorn (5km ESE of Kalkar, Germany). All 4 mustangs and one german FW190 were lost, only Lt Clark managed to bail out in time and was taken prisoner by german ground troops. Capt Johnson plane was heavily damaged when it collided with the german FW190 (flown by pilot Maximilian Busch) and they both crashed and perished near Totenhügel (5km S of Kalkar). Lt Ayers crashed near Louisendorf (5km W of Kalkar) and Lt Waters and Clarks mustangs crashed near Heidkamp (4km SW of Kalkar) with Lt Clark being the sole survivor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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