Earl W Truex
Military
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UPL 16122
Earl Truex Crew
B-17G-20-DL #42-37946 "The Worry Bird" Code: P
452nd BG - 729th BS
Standing Left to Right: Ed Kunis (BTG), William O'Byrne (TG), Coleman Hill (WG), Charles Monday (WG), Charles McCarthy (R/O), Arnold Pederson (FE)
Kneeling Left to Right: Bob Gilg (B), David Lewis (N), William Crosman (CP), Earl Truex (P)
466th Bomb Group collection
B-17G-20-DL #42-37946 "The Worry Bird" Code: P
452nd BG - 729th BS
Standing Left to Right: Ed Kunis (BTG), William O'Byrne (TG), Coleman Hill (WG), Charles Monday (WG), Charles McCarthy (R/O), Arnold Pederson (FE)
Kneeling Left to Right: Bob Gilg (B), David Lewis (N), William Crosman (CP), Earl Truex (P)
466th Bomb Group collection
Chris Brassfield Collection
Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation and returning to England on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-37946 'The Worry Bird. ' Crew abandoned a/c near Le Havre, FR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 751272
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36539010
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32464989
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32441124
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33189258
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other shot down |
Le Havre, France | 8 February 1944 | |
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | Stalag Luft I |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2520 / MACR 2520, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database