Edward Ewing McGill
Military
Crew Standing L-R: Capt Alexander C "Connie" Strickland Jr, Lt Byron K Butt, Lt Paul W Scroggins, Major Edgar E Snyder Jr, Capt Louis M Schulstad.
Kneeling L-R: T/Sgt Albert E Martel Jr, S/Sgt Edward E McGill, T/Sgt James C Baart, S/Sgt Raymond Ruhel Peck, S/Sgt Ralph R Strohsack.
Object Number - UPL 29885 - Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Glisy, France, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Winning Run'. England, 21 August 1943. 303Rd Bomb...
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. completed 30 x combat missions.
Plane B-17 42-97842 went down at Cave Hill, Belfast, Northern Island on 1-Jun-44. Plane was on its way from Gander, crew going to 306th BG. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: T-61539
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lisnabreeny
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nashville, TN | 14 December 1915 | Son of Robert Austin and Della Young [Taylor] McGill. |
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Enlisted |
9 December 1942 | ||
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Died |
Cave Hill, Belfast, Northern Island | 1 June 1944 | |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Mount Olivet Cemetery Nashville, Davidson County, TN | Re-Interred Mount Olivet Cemetery Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee |
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Sources
Accident Report / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
