Edwin Richard Bush
MilitaryAboard 'The Saint' B-17F 41-24431 which suffered an accident while taxiing on the runway on 12-Feb-43 due to strong winds. All 7 crew members were safe. Shot down 17-Apr-43 in B-17 42-5070 'Invasion II'. Plane was on fire when all crew parachuted to safety. "Capt Bush detached the Norden bombsight and tossed it out the escape hatch before following the navigator, Capt Edwin M Carmichael, through the nose hatch". Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 15519
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF rising to Lt Colonel in Strategic Air Command. Killed along with pilot Brig. Gen. Jesse D Auton in a B-25 crash at Offutt AFB. A/C came in for a single engine landing and overshot the runway.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32183032
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-430613
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Saint
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Invasion II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Royal Flush!
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 April 1943
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 17 July 1920 | |
Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 January 1942 | |
Other Taxiing accident |
Bassingbourn, Royston SG8 5LP, UK | 12 February 1943 | Aboard 'The Saint' B-17F 41-24431 which suffered an accident while taxiing on the runway on 12-Feb-43 due to strong winds. 7 crew Returned to Duty (RTD). |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
85368 Moosburg, Germany | 17 April 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
Other Shot down |
Oldenburg, Germany | 17 April 1943 | Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 42-5070 'Invasion II. ' Plane was on fire when all crew parachuted to safety. |
Died |
Offutt AFB, NE, USA | 30 March 1952 | Killed along with pilot Brig. Gen. Jesse D Auton in a B-25 crash at Offutt AFB. A/C came in for a single engine landing and overshot the runway. |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | |||
Based |
Bassingbourn | 17 April 1943 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Riverside Cemetery Albany, GA | Riverside Cemetery Albany Dougherty County Georgia, USA |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15519 / MACR 15519, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 p.75 and p. 105 by Bishop and Hey, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar pp. 37-38, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database