Edgar M Byers Jr

Military

Severely damaged by flak after making two bomb runs over th target of Friedrichshafen, GR on 18 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-100073 'Sack Artist' crashed near Dubendorf, Switzerland after the crew baled out. Interned.







Served as lead navigator of 67th Squadron. Navigator of plane piloted by R. Lacome and R. Cardenas. Interned in four locations in Switzerland, repatriated Feb 1945 at Marseilles, France.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-100073

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sack Artists
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Scottsdale, Pennsylvania 1 June 1919

Died

6 April 2006

Buried

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3407, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Karen B. Cavanaugh, daughter