Robert Edward Femoyer

Military

Object Number - UPL 14915 - Robert Edward Femoyer, Medal of Honor winner, 447th Bomb Group

Refused morphine after being mortally wounded so that he could navigate his crippled aircraft back to safety. On seventh mission. Navigator on B-17G-25-DL Flying Fortress 42-38052, Hotshot Green

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38052

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: ‘Lucky Stehley Boy’
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Huntington, West Virginia 31 October 1921

Died

Rattlesden, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP30, UK 2 November 1944

Buried

Jacksonville, FL, USA Greenlawn Cemetery Jacksonville Duval County Florida, USA Plot: Section 8, Lot 2

Revisions

Date10 Apr 2015 20:07:06
Contributorusxpat
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

Find A Grave Memorial# 7135839
http://usaafdata.com/
http://www.447bg.com/Robert%20Femoyer.htm
http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/robert-e-femoyer/

Date4 Nov 2014 03:13:49
Contributorjmchristel
ChangesChanges to awards
Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Femoyer

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:14
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Freeman, MOH Citation

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