Andrew D Caswell

Military
media-38523.jpeg UPL 38523 B-17G "The Wild Hare" and crew. Pictures here in late summer/early fall 1944, are 2 Lt. Earl Thomason (bombardier), Sgt. Everett Webster (ball turret gunner), T/Sgt. Edward Robjohns (radio operator), 1 Lt. Andrew Caswell (navigator), Capt. Phillip Collins (pilot), Sgt. Archie Moldrum (tail gunner), Sgt. Neil Smith (waist gunner), T/Sgt. Edward Tye (engineer), 1 Lt. Kenneth Smith (copilot).

USAAF Archives

Object Number - UPL 38523 - B-17G "The Wild Hare" and crew. Pictures here in late summer/early fall 1944, are 2 Lt. Earl Thomason (bombardier), Sgt. Everett Webster (ball turret...

Missions to France, Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, Prenemunde, Merseburg, Lechfeld, Augsburg, Brandenburg, Colgne, Gelsenkirchen, Kiel, Hamburg, Ludwigshafen, Munster, Hamm, Frankfurt, etc. Shot down on 34th mission, which was 3rd mission to Merseburg, 21 November 1944 in AC #43-37890. Spent rest of war as a Prisoner of War (POW). Plane was 'Fearless Fosdick'.



DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

William V Laws of the 91st Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-G, serial number 43-37890) nicknamed "Fearless Fosdick" Image by Dale J Darling, 91st Bomb Group. Written on slide casinhg: 'DF-G, 337890 Fearless Fosdick, MIA 21/11/44. Lt WV Laws, pilot.'

43-37890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Coldwater, Michigan, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 November 1944

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10420 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 10420

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Object number: UPL 38523 - B-17G "The Wild Hare" and crew. Pictures here in...