Edward Winston Phillips

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; hit by flak twice in rear fuselage, also one engine and a final burst hit the cockpit turning it into an inferno 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Chester L Phillips

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18007557 / O-421129
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-23807

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Beaver
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 14 October 1941 Dallas, Texas

Died

Kiel, Germany 14 May 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; Shot down 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748

Born

Fort Worth, Texas, USA Son of Stanley A Phillips.

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot A Row 35 Grave 28

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Shipdham 14 May 1943 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Training

Scott Field AAF, IL Scott Field AAF, Illinois

Other

Gunnery Training

Barksdale AAF, LA Barksdale AAF, Louisiana

Other

Specialist Training

Will Rogers Field AAF, OK Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2748 / MACR 2748, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 119, National WWII Memorial, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database