Edward James Rice

Military
media-52631.jpeg UPL 52631 Sgt Edward J. Rice, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52631 - Sgt Edward J. Rice, 401BG.

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4586



Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EMEA (1 x Battle Star).

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14103271 / O-803232
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 42061799 / O-461320
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Massa
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 16 September 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 8 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Born

Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA Son of Edith T Rice.

Based

Deenethorpe 8 May 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4586 / MACR 4586,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1158">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1158>; unpublished biography / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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