Edwin Leo Smith

Military

Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29952 'Sizzle'; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed Bosseveldt, near Maastricht, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 917



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

People

Russell Joseph Kiggins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32383681
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Douglas Lamar Murdock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14079018 / O-793820
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29952

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sizzle
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Little Falls, MN 2 March 1919 Son of Nickolas J and Anna [Lipinski] Smith.

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, MN 10 December 1940 Fort Snelling Minnesota

Other

Baled out POW

Maastricht, Netherlands 14 October 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29952 'Sizzle'; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed Bosseveldt, near Maastricht, Holland. POW MACR 917

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 14 October 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Little Falls, MN 28 October 1997

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Chelveston 14 October 1943 Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery Little Falls, Morrison County, MN Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery Little Falls, Morrison County, MN

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45428294/edwin-leo-smith

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database