Edward Paul Troy
MilitaryShot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Prisoner of War (POW).3 crew members were killed; 4, including Troy were seriously wounded and made prisoner (POW); 3 others managed to evade capture, but one of them was caught just before reaching Spain. See the evaders' pages at www.evasioncomete.be (search on 42-29559)
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13031786
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Radio Operator / Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14047770
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729586
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729677
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Texas, United States | 1 June 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Houston, Texas, United States | 13 December 1941 | Enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bad Orb, Germany | 17 August 1943 - 22 September 1944 | Seriously wounded, he was captured on 17 August 1943 near Testelt, Belgium, and brought to the Hôpital Bordet in Brussels. He was later transferred to Stalag 9B in Bad Orb, Germany and released in September 1944 in a prisoner exchange program. NARA WWII POW database : "Stalag 9B Bad Orb, Hessen-Nassau. Returned to military control 22-9/44." |
Died |
Houston, Texas, United States | 16 March 2013 | |
Buried |
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas, United States |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag 9B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database