Edward Amory

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Twelve men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Seven men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. UPL 65891 UPL 65891 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 10 July 1943/Abbeville, France.
Standing, Rear Row L-R: William Dietel (P), George W. Harris (AC), Colonel Budd J. Peaslee (did not fly sortie), Herbert W. Funk (NAV), Sidney P. Taylor (TG), Kenneth C. Dutton (Observer), Edward Amory (FG)
Kneeling, Front Row L-R: Clyde W. Davis (B), Howard J. Adams (TT), Wyman D. Martin (WG), Lawrence E. Dunmyer (BT), Ardell H. Bollinger (RO)
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Object Number - UPL 65891 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 10 July 1943/Abbeville, France. Standing, Rear Row L-R: William Dietel (P), George W. Harris (AC), Colonel Budd J....

Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Special Orders #12, HQ 384th Bomb Group, Wendover Field, Utah, effective 20 January 1943.  Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Leewarden in B-17 Sky Queen #42-30032. Missing Air Crew Report #15165

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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battle Wagon
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sky Queen
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

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Died

Leeuwarden, Netherlands 28 July 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Leewarden in B-17 Sky Queen #42-30032. Missing Air Crew Report #15165

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Plot B Row 7 Grave 5

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