Felix Byrne
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #4338463. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Aaron Slavin
Military
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Aaron Slavin's Crew. Back row: (L-R) T/Sgt. Lyndell Sellers-Radio Operator, 1st Lt. Adrian Higginbotham-Bombardier, T/Sgt. Walter Sampson-Engineer, S/Sgt. Kenneth Foraker-Waist Gunner, Capt. Aaron Slavin-Pilot. Front row: (L-R) S/Sgt. Felix Byrne-Tail Gunner, S/Sgt. James Webb-Waist gunner, 1st Lt. Robert Morrison-Navigator, 1st Lt. Edgar Bearden-Co-pilot. Photo taken on 20th July 1944.
Dist. Unit Badge, DFC/Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster, EAME Medal; WW II Victory Medal
Service
People
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
398th Bomb Group
Group
The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies... -
600th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-102592 Wonder Bird
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-G] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; returning from aborted mission with severe oil leak and crash landed base with Lee Hicks 28/1/45; to 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton 29/1/45; Salvaged 8...
Associated Place
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Nuthampstead
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Bronx, New York | 10 January 1917 |
| Died | 26 March 2005 | |
| Buried | Donated body to Westchester Medical Center, Westchester, New York | April 2005 |
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Donated body to Westchester Medical Center, Westchester, New York |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 January 2018 12:38:23 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / wife |
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