Byron Edsel Skiles

Military

Flew 29 missions



DFC, Air Medal w/4 oak leaf clusters

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37978

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ka-Lang
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ward, West Virginia 9 October 1921

Died

15 July 2001

Buried

Dunbar, West Virginia

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Sources

Daughters / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia