Junior Hugh Edwards
MilitaryAssigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-31721 'Black Magic'; Shot down flak and fighters 28-May-44 . Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5334
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13059682 / O-801999
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Black Magic
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Collinsville, IL | 26 March 1924 | Son of Hugh and Katherine [Snyder] Edwards. |
Enlisted |
Peoria, IL | 18 July 1942 | Peoria, Illinois |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 28 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Other Baled out POW |
Dessau / Leipzig | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-31721 'Black Magic'; Shot down flak and fighters 28-May-44 . POW MACR 5334 |
Died |
Belleville, IL | 11 August 2013 | |
Buried |
Lake View Memorial Gardens Fairview Heights, St. Clair County, IL | 15 August 2013 | Lake View Memorial Gardens Fairview Heights, St. Clair County, Illinois |
Based |
Polebrook | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5334 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database