Guy A Myers
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5135 - The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
4 October 1943, Mission #108, Staff Sergeant Myers died of asphyxiation after oxygen system problems, and in sharing his oxygen mask with the other waist gunner. He became unconscious and efforts to revive him failed. This was his first combat mission.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672429
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wahoo II
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
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Enlisted |
4 September 1942 | Residence: Unidentified Private, Branch Immaterial | |
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Other Assigned |
11 September 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 11 September 1943, Louis E. Ritt Crew. One combat mission. | |
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Buried |
Burial: Westminster Memorial Gardens Carlisle Cumberland County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Section F, Lot 88 |
Revisions
384thbombgroup.com http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=7518
Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=myers&GSfn=guy&GS…;
National Enlisted Data Base http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf…
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