Robert Edward Femoyer
Military
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UPL 14915
Robert Edward Femoyer, Medal of Honor winner, 447th Bomb Group
Find A Grave Memorial# 7135839
Refused morphine after being mortally wounded so that he could navigate his crippled aircraft back to safety. On seventh mission. Navigator on B-17G-25-DL Flying Fortress 42-38052, Hotshot Green
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: ‘Lucky Stehley Boy’
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: Rattlesden Control Tower
- Site type: Memorial
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Huntington, West Virginia | 31 October 1921 | |
Died |
Rattlesden, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP30, UK | 2 November 1944 | |
Buried |
Jacksonville, FL, USA | Greenlawn Cemetery Jacksonville Duval County Florida, USA Plot: Section 8, Lot 2 |
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Find A Grave Memorial# 7135839
http://usaafdata.com/
http://www.447bg.com/Robert%20Femoyer.htm
http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/robert-e-femoyer/
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Freeman, MOH Citation