Edward Luther Shue

Military

Bomber or Engineer on B17G "Butch II" that was hit by 20 mm 15 miles out from Dunkirk. Shue and some of the crew bailed out, Shue was shot in the back by the Germans and died in a German hospital in Dunkirk.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A ground crewman with a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31092) of the 447th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: 'ISAD 22 June 44 (1574) Crash Landing B17G 42-31092 HON WS.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Batch II.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Butch II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group

Events

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Born

Washington DC 26 October 1915

Died

27 March 1945

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Missing Air Crew Report # 13538

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Missing Air Crew Report # 13538

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Missing Air Crew Report # 13538

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Headstone application

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945