Edwin Pierce Fulkerson

Military
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395077.jpg FRE 5134 The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5134 - The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

B-17G #42-31166 'Miss Billie Jr' lost two engines after takeoff as the spare for an operational mission on 24 Mar 1944 and was forced to make a wheels up emergency landing in a field W of Nuthampstead. RTD. Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #4231048. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Billie Jr
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 13 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Louisville, KY, USA 17 February 1943 Residence: Hardin County, Kentucky. Private, Branch Immaterial

Other

Assigned

26 February 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, Max, Jean Miller Crew. Seven combat missions.

Other

Prisoner of War

Krems an der Donau, Austria 13 April 1944 POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Died

Elizabethtown, KY, USA 1 May 2015 Burial: Sonora Cemetery, Sonora, Kentucky.

Born

Millerstown, KY 42726, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3866 / MACR 3866, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=f... / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
Contributorbombercommand
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Sources

384thbombgroup.com
National Enlisted Data Base

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

AAIR 44-03-24-524 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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