Paul Eby Byer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24470 'Sons of Fury' while serving as Navigator. Aircraft was ditched into the English Channel and the strafed by German fighters. Killed in Action (KIA). Target was the U/B (submarine) base at St. Nazaire, France.

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Robert L Ransom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18025276
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Grifford Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-724175
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Charles Stuart Wall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14021787
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Edgar G Whittaker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6144883
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

11 October 1914 Chicago, Illinois

Enlisted

15 August 1941 Indian Town Gap, Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 3 January 1943 Killed when aircraft was ditched into the English Channel and then strafed by German fighters. His remains have never been recovered.

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.
Chicago, Illinois

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 16427
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added SN per MACR 16427; added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited biography with crew position and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stna Bishop & John A Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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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 and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, MACR 16427