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Group 379-15-1 July12-1945 Combat Crew
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 combat missions. Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29896 'Tondelayo'. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Master Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo'. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base. Officially credited with nine enemy aircraft destroyed as detailed in The Mighty Eighth by Roger Freeman. He received head injuries when The Tondelayo...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
3 Purple Hearts, Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
8 June 1943 B-17 42276 was returning to BW1 to collect codes and allied papers left at the control office, when a/c suffered damage on landing. Crew is listed with the Reed Prov. Bomb Group.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Tinker 28/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43.
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Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Minneapolis, MN | 2 September 1919 |
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Son of Bohn Edgar Sr and Inez E [Thomson] Fawkes. |
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| Based | Kimbolton | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Hopkins, MN | 17 February 2007 |
| Buried | Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN | 20 February 2007 |
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Fort Snelling National Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 March 2020 19:58:09 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 January 2020 15:03:53 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, firstname, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/62963989-bohn-edgar-fawkes |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 October 2017 11:52:05 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography and aircraft associations |
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Associated correct aircraft. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:53 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 271; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 278 |
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