Edward Luther Shue
MilitaryBomber or Engineer on B17G "Butch II" that was hit by 20 mm 15 miles out from Dunkirk. Shue and some of the crew bailed out, Shue was shot in the back by the Germans and died in a German hospital in Dunkirk.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Butch II
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Washington DC | 26 October 1915 | |
Died |
27 March 1945 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945