Edward Genaro Samara
Military ROLL OF HONOURBombardier, Schrader Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30027. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 162. Killed in Action (KIA). Lt Samara is surmised to have bailed out and possibly drowned. The aircraft crashed into the sea around Bensersiel, Germany. His body washed ashore 10 July 1943 and was interred in the Wooge Communal cemetery. Reinterred in the Ardennes AMC.
Retsof, NY
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6862311
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14124291
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-412961 (16026208)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32286796
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16126272
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Retsof, New York, USA | 6 March 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Rochester, NY, USA | 2 January 1942 | |
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Other Killed in Action |
Bensersiel, Germany | 25 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
Wooge | 10 July 1943 | Wooge Communal Cemetery Wooge, Germany Side 188 SE Grave 13 |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 25 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot B Row 17 Grave 1 |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 162
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA Enlistment records
ABMC.gov
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 162 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 162 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database