Edward F Myers
MilitaryTop Turret Gunner T/Sgt Edward F. Myers was on board 43-38566 on the 21 November 1944 mission. That plane was involved in a mid-air collision with another 550th Squadron aircraft, 43-38270. The pilot and 6 others of the 9-man crew on 43-38566 returned to base, but Edward Myers and Bombardier James H. Shaver were made prisoner as they had bailed out.
MACR 10468.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31306363
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764447
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-708058
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Florida, United States | 10 October 1922 | |
Orange County, Florida, United States | 21 December 1942 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 21 November 1944 - 8 June 1945 | NARA WWII POW database : "Interned Dulag Luft Gross Tychow (= Tychowo, Poland) Dulag 12. Returned to military control 8/6/45" |
Died |
2 June 1980 | ||
Buried |
Jones Cemetery, Callahan, Nassau County, Florida, United States |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10468
MACR 10468 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database