Claim: Phil Walters joined the United States Army Air Corps and flew a Waco CG-4A and was taken prisoner.
Evidence: It was January 1942 when he joined the United States Army Air Corps, as a transport and glider pilot. He flew a Waco CG-4A glider during a disastrous invasion of the Netherlands, which the Germans knew of in advance. He was able to safely land his troops although he was wounded, and taken prisoner.