Edmund F Boomhower

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down near Braumhausen on 9/27/44 in B-24 'Ole Baldy' #4294863

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a wall. Six men standing in rear and four men seated in front

Richard Joseph McCray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742514
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94863) nicknamed "Ole Baldy" of the 493rd Bomb Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Ol Baldy, 490 BG.' This aircraft was assigned to the 490th Bomb Group but flew no missions with them, before being transferred to the 493rd Bomb Group in Spring 1944.

42-94863

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ole Baldy
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 27 September 1944

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Sources

Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 MACR 9395 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9395 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database