Edward Chesley Ruby
MilitaryMissing in Action (MIA) 14 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3330 to October 1943.
No Missing Air Crew Report for this loss has been located.
Evaded capture, thanks to French citizens and underground members. Reached Gibraltar through France, Andorra and Spain. Left Gibraltar by air on 4 October 1943 and landed in England the next day.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18080847
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060823 and O-665707
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12053323 at enlistment, then O-733088
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32431805
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennsylvania, United States | 30 March 1920 | Edward Chesley RUBY |
Enlisted |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | 30 December 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Evaded |
14 July 1943 - 3 October 1943 | Evaded capture, thanks to French citizens and underground members. Reached Gibraltar through France, Andorra and Spain. Left Gibraltar by air on 4 October 1943 and landed in England the next day. | |
Other Promoted |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering NN14 3AA, UK | 1 November 1943 | Promoted to Master Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #133, paragraph 11, EXTRACT |
Died |
Fort Myers, Florida, United States | 11 April 2011 | |
Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida | |||
Buried |
Arlington, Virginia, United States | Edward Ruby rests at Arlington National Cemetery |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Escape & Evasion report E&E 108 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-108.pdf
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / E&E 108 / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 180-181 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database