Oscar Laddie Edge

Military

Oscar Edge was Radio Operator/Gunner on B-17 #42-97564 when it was shot down 20 July 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). Oscar Edge re-enlisted in the Air Corps in November 1945 and stayed in the USAF until his retirement as a Captain on 1 April 1964.

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Units served with

335th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

418th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th 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

42-97564

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 351st Bomb Group, including (RQ-P, serial number 42-97193) and (serial number 43-37920) fly through flak bursts during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thoison '557' took pic 20/7/44. Star Duster DS-L MIA 6/8/44.'

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Date: 20 July 1944

Places

Thorpe Abbotts

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	22 September 1922	Holtville, Imperial County, California
Enlisted	21 December 1942	Los Angeles, California
Other Force-landed	20 July 1944	of B-17 42-97564 Between Chaam and Baarle-Hertog, South of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant Province, The Netherlands
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	20 July 1944	immediately arrested and interned at Stalag Luft 4 (Gross Tychow / Tychowo). NARA WWII POW records :"Returned to Military Control 27 May 1946 (sic)."
Other Re-enlisted	21 November 1945	as a T/Sgt in the Air Corps at Hamilton Field, California
Died	21 March 1999
Buried	12 April 1999	Oscar Edge rests at the Arlington Cemetery, Virginia
		Arlington, Riverside County, California

Revisions

Date27 Feb 2019 14:50:54

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

http://95thbg.org/j3migr/honor-roll

Date18 Feb 2019 11:51:43

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 7414
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWI POW records

Date18 Feb 2019 09:25:37

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:54

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7414 / 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