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Walter Manning (Walter Peyton Manning) was born on 3 May, 1920 in Baltimore City, Maryland, US, is an African-American pilot and veteran (1920–1945). Discover Walter Manning's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 24 years old?

Popular As Walter Peyton Manning
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Age 24 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 3 May 1920
Birthday 3 May
Birthplace Baltimore City, Maryland, US
Date of death 3 April, 1945
Died Place Austria
Nationality United States

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1920

Walter P. Manning (May 3, 1920 – April 3, 1945) was an American fighter pilot of the primarily African American Tuskegee Airmen.

He flew 50 missions, and was awarded the Air Medal for heroism six times.

1942

In 1942 Manning was rejected for military service because of a hammer toe.

Manning used his savings to pay for surgery to repair his toe so that he could enlist.

1943

In 1943 he enlisted in the Army Air Force.

1944

In 1944, after graduating from the Tuskegee Institute he was assigned to the 301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd fighter Group with the rank of 2nd lieutenant.

He served as a pilot from Ramitelli Air Base, Italy.

1945

After being shot down in 1945, he was captured in Austria and subsequently lynched by a mob.

Manning was involved in a dogfight with German planes on Easter morning, April 1, 1945, over the Danube River in Austria.

The Tuskegee Airmen were escorting B-24 bombers on a bombing mission to the town of St. Polten, Austria.

On the return trip to their base at Ramitelli Air Field in Italy, the group spotted enemy planes near Wels, Austria.

There were seven Tuskegee Airmen flying the mission that day who engaged the German planes.

The American pilots shot down 12 German planes in the dogfight.

However three of the Tuskegee Airmen's planes were shot down in return: one pilot was able to crash-land in friendly territory, one was killed outright when he was shot down, and the third pilot was Manning: his plane was damaged so badly that he had to bail out.

He parachuted to a waiting mob but was pulled away by a local policeman.

Manning was captured and jailed in Austria at a Luftwaffe Air Force base near Linz.

On April 3, 1945, a mob of civilians, agitated by SS troops and helped by Luftwaffe officers broke into the jailhouse and tied Manning's hands behind his back.

They dragged Manning outside and beat him badly.

They hung a wooden tablet around his neck that read "We help ourselves! The Werwolf", and hanged him from a lamppost.

American soldiers discovered his body in a shallow grave near the air base.

A civilian had marked the spot with a wooden cross.

Although they found clear signs of murder US officials closed his case early.

Suspects were identified, including two German officers believed to be part of the Werwolf guerilla group.

However, nobody was prosecuted.

2007

He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 along with all other Tuskegee Airmen.

Manning is the only known black man to have been lynched in Austria during World War II.

2013

In 2013 the Austrian historians Nicole-Melanie Goll and Georg Hoffmann carried out a research project together with Jerry Whiting to examine the fates of downed Allied airmen, including Manning.

Together they created a database of the 9,000 Allied pilots killed or shot down over Austria.

The historians discovered that 150 Allied pilots, 101 of them American, were murdered on the ground, most by civilians.

While white airmen were either shot or beaten to death, Manning was hanged.

As a result of their findings the Austrian Army raised a commemoration plaque at the place where Walter Manning was murdered.

Manning was born in Baltimore, Maryland but grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He loved swimming and growing up he always wanted to fly planes.

He attended Howard University.

Before leaving for war Manning was engaged to Dicey Thomas.