Magee Charles Fuller

Military
media-44028.jpeg UPL 44028 Major Magee C. Fuller

Photo uploaded by Granddaughter Kara L. Fuller.

Object Number - UPL 44028 - Major Magee C. Fuller

Major Fuller was Command Pilot on this 20-Jul-44 mission to Merseburg, Germany, on board B-17 #42-97564. Shot down by flak and force-landed near Chaam, Holland. Captured and made Prisoner of War (POW). Was the last of the original Bloody 100th to be shot down.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (8 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Louis Hyman Abromowitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George Edward Bonitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694318
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Daniel Martin Cargile

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38372191
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert David Chavez

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39559984
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Daniel Barnette Deason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15335693
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Engineer

Aircraft

42-106986

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sack Artist
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

42-30002

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Damifino aka The WAAC Hunter
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

42-30042

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbits aka Oh Nausea
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

42-30066

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mugwump, Rum Boogie II
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron

42-31903

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Luck II
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

4 December 1917 Son of Warren J and Ethel [Magee] Fuller.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

20 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

4 July 1970

Buried

7 July 1970 Magee Fuller rests at the Calvary Cemetery in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Revisions

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Added an Association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9353707/magee-charles-fuller

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Grandson

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Image updated by Granddaughter Kara L. Fuller

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Information updated by Granddaughter Kara L. Fuller, including information used from the 100th BG Foundation website.

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MACR 7414
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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