Edwin George Finance
Military
Object Number - UPL 55894 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Big Bust' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 9 February 1944."
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pas de Calais in B-17 42-97485 26-Mar-44; Hit by flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, Nth of Hazebrouck, 7 miles NE of St Omer, France; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3592
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16029354 / O-735027
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Taletha Ann
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ellington, Connecticut, USA | 17 April 1919 | Son of Eugene A and Lottie M Finance. |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 31 July 1942 | Hartford, Connecticut |
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Other Baled out POW |
St-Marie-Cappel, France | 26 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Pas de Calais in B-17 42-97485 26-Mar-44; Hit by flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, France; POW MACR 3592 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 26 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
4 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Ellington, CT | 18 January 2005 | |
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Buried |
Ellington Center Cemetery, Ellington, CT | 20 January 2005 | Ellington Center Cemetery Ellington, Tolland County, CT |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Molesworth | 26 March 1944 | Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3592 / MACR 3592, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
