Edward B Dozier Jr

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media-6810.jpeg UPL 6810 1st Lt Edward B Dozier ( Major from March 1945) Killed 05 April 1945

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Object Number - UPL 6810 - 1st Lt Edward B Dozier ( Major from March 1945) Killed 05 April 1945

Damaged by fighters after bombs away on a mission to Lippstadt a/f, GR on 21 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-31588 returned to UK with No 3 engine out and the controls, oxygen, and radio systems damaged. RTD.



KIS 5 April 1945 when B-17 #44-8152 'Miss Ida' exploded.



DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('A', serial number 44-8152) just after dropping its load of bombs. Another B-17 Flying Fortress is on the other side of the bomb stream, trailing smoke. Handwritten caption on reverse: '457. 93.'

44-8152

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Ida
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

5 April 1945

Born

Alabama

Buried

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S/N of plan incorrect

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1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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