Edward Johnson Knowling
Military
UPL 65910
UPL 65910
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 14 July 1943/Villacoublay, France.
Back Row L-R: Johnny Butler (P), Joe Baggs (B,) Maurice Dillingham (Ac), Herman Wollenweber (Cp,) Ed Knowling (N)
Front Row L-R: Joe Turlington (Tt), Marion Rogers (Wg), Burnia Martin (Wg), William Wolven (Bt), Preston Davis (Ro).
On
Back Row L-R: Johnny Butler (P), Joe Baggs (B,) Maurice Dillingham (Ac), Herman Wollenweber (Cp,) Ed Knowling (N)
Front Row L-R: Joe Turlington (Tt), Marion Rogers (Wg), Burnia Martin (Wg), William Wolven (Bt), Preston Davis (Ro).
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-5849 'Hell's Belles II'. 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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-735155
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38310285
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner, Tail Gunner, Waist Gunner, Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Winsome Winn II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak House
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Belles II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Natural
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 9 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
16 September 1943 |
Revisions
Contributoracbernstein1
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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 722 / MACR 722, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database