Foster Edgar Dewees

Military

Object Number - UPL 41697 - "Capt. James F. Goodman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group pose beside their Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force...

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. James Goodman crew. ETD

Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

James F Goodman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-31891

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shape
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-32012

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shark Tooth
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Albany, Floyd County, IN 19 December 1921 Son of Sadie Dewees.

Enlisted

Louisville, KY 10 August 1942 Louisville, Kentucky

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 April 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Jeffersonville, IN 27 April 1987

Buried

Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN 30 April 1987 Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date25 Feb 2020 18:30:25
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/651283673
https://www.fold3.com/image/157058209
https://www.fold3.com/record/38270609-foster-dewees
https://www.fold3.com/record/88930965-foster-e-de-wees
https://www.fold3.com/record/627489786-foster-dewees-1921
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0363
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170793567/foster-edgar-dewees

Date24 Feb 2020 22:01:30
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

Key Image ID.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:42
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=363

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