Edward B Connors

Military
media-50321.jpeg UPL 50321 Watson crew with B-17 42-39785 "Thru Hel'en HiWater" 303BG.

Rear L-R: 2Lt Milton Feinman (B), 2Lt Edward B. Connors (N), 2Lt James R. Burns (CP), Capt Jack W. Watson (P)

Front L-R: Sgt Charles C. Maple (R), S/Sgt Robert G. McArthur (TG), T/Sgt Herbert A. Daniel (RWG), S/Sgt Thomas P. Hickey (LWG), S/Sgt Paul M. Gibbs (BTG), T/Sgt Robert W. Hoffman (E)

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50321 - Watson crew with B-17 42-39785 "Thru Hel'en HiWater" 303BG. Rear L-R: 2Lt Milton Feinman (B), 2Lt Edward B. Connors (N), 2Lt James R. Burns (CP),...

Shot down by fighters prior to the IP and crashed WSW of Dinant, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97509 'Old Hickory'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Hickory
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

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Born

St Louis, Missouri

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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