Edwin R Myers

Military

May - September 1943. Radio operator, Zum crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29789 'Big Time Operator'. Mission #25 to the airfield at Romily, France. MACR 473. T/Sgt Myers was a replacement for this mission, he was a member of the Chapman crew, 535th BS. Evaded. EE report 135. T/Sgt Myers was taken and hidden in Paris by the underground. Joined by an American, Ryan, EE report 136. Returned to England 25 October 1943.

Levittsburg, OH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles Francis Bang

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13103513
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Ferdinand Christofero

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12064194
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Luther C Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676427
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Frank J Crocittio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12141044
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Charles H Hoover

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678265
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-29789

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Time Operator
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Born

Leavittsburg, Ohio 29 January 1920

Other

Evaded

3 September 1943 - 25 October 1943 Evaded EE report 135

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 473 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia