Maurice Adams Foley
Military
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UPL 17057
Lester Hess Crew
388th BG - 561st Bomb Squadron
Standing Left to Right: Maurice A. Foley (TG), James Stroeher (N), Lester Hess (P), Robert Hodgen (CP), Eli Klein (R/O)
Sitting Left to Right: Cawthon Perdue (TOG), Herbert E. Fisher (BTG), Gerlald W. Howard (FE/TT), Charles P. Rice (WG)
The Hess Crew flew 34 combat missions. Perdue flew about 1/2 of those. There were various toggliers that flew the balance of the missions.
388th Bomb Group collection
388th BG - 561st Bomb Squadron
Standing Left to Right: Maurice A. Foley (TG), James Stroeher (N), Lester Hess (P), Robert Hodgen (CP), Eli Klein (R/O)
Sitting Left to Right: Cawthon Perdue (TOG), Herbert E. Fisher (BTG), Gerlald W. Howard (FE/TT), Charles P. Rice (WG)
The Hess Crew flew 34 combat missions. Perdue flew about 1/2 of those. There were various toggliers that flew the balance of the missions.
388th Bomb Group collection
388th BGA
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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: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-928692
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven's Above
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lexington, KY, USA | 15 June 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH, USA | 18 January 1944 | 6'1" 155 lbs |
Died |
Lexington, KY, USA | 7 July 2004 | |
Buried |
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky | 10 July 2004 | Lexington Cemetery Lexington Fayette County Kentucky, USA (Section 19; Lot 142; Part S) |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html