Edward F Downs
MilitaryWIA 10/14/43 on return from Schweinfurt mission, B-17 #42-30736 'Paper Doll', pilot killed by 20mm shell and Downs injured.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13050857 / O-795688
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Doll
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 341-2; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61, 195 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia