Edward Louis Phillips

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-7573.jpeg UPL 7573 Staff Sergeant Edward Louis Phillips, tail-gunner on B-17G 'Miss Rap-So-Dee" ( #42-37876) was killed when he plane was shot down over the Baltic Sea. According to the Certificate accompanying the Missing Air Crew Report, all 10 parachutes deployed, meaning he died in the sea along with other crew-members.

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Object Number - UPL 7573 - Staff Sergeant Edward Louis Phillips, tail-gunner on B-17G 'Miss Rap-So-Dee" ( #42-37876) was killed when he plane was shot down over the Baltic Sea....

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-37876 'Miss Raps-O-Dee' 11-Apr-44; Shot down, plane crashed into Baltic off Bornholm Island. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3804

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

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

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Eugene T Schiappacasse

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-749329
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37876

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Struggle Bunny : Batchas Patches : Miss Raps-O-D
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Sunflower, MS	14 October 1921	Son of Omer Doston and Missouri Irene 'Zubie' [Denton] Phillips.
Died	Off Bornholm Island	11 April 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-37876 'Miss Raps-O-Dee' 11-Apr-44; Shot down, plane crashed into Baltic off Bornholm Island. KIA MACR 3804
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	Molesworth	11 April 1944	Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, MS		Memorialised Woodlawn Memorial Park Grenada, Grenada County, MS
Buried			Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK
Enlisted			Cp Shelby Mississippi Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1942
	Holcomb, MS

Revisions

Date2 Nov 2019 10:52:52

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29621685
https://www.fold3.com/image/310953063
https://www.fold3.com/image/659158567
https://www.fold3.com/record/84065077-edward-l-phillips
https://www.fold3.com/record/529903562-edward-l-phillips
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32834114/edward-louis-phillips

Date24 Jan 2015 20:00:03

Contributorjohnpnail

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Sources

From family photograph collection.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:32

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3804 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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