Edwin L Baxley

Military
42-5789 UPL 72490 UPL 72490 42-5789 'Golden Bear'
91st BG/322nd BS, early 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman (photographer).

LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman (photographer). Copyright expired

91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron VIII Bomber Command 65 42-5789 Bassingbourn Edwin L Baxley Paul D Kahl Julian Murdock On

Object Number - UPL 72490 - 42-5789 'Golden Bear' 91st BG/322nd BS, early 1943 LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman (photographer).

Shot down 19 May 1943 in B-17 #41-24483 'Spirit of Alcohol'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14020972
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12036382
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spirit of Alcohol
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Belgium 19 May 1943 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Revisions

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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15632 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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