Edwin Henry Pixley
Military
L-R Stand.- Sgt Robert Cook (G), Sgt Jack Porter (G), Sgt Kenneth Dyer (R), Sgt Billy Espich (G), Sgt Edwin Pixley (G), SSgt Charlie Dugosh (E)
L-R Kneeling - 1st Lt Robert Winn (P), 2nd Lt James Harmon (CP), 2nd Lt David Tobin (N), 2nd Lt Richard Brady (B) Billy J Espich collection
Billy J Espich WWII Collection
Object Number - UPL 48194 - 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 20th Combat Wing, 448th Bomb Group, 712th Bomb Squadron, Crew #17. L-R Stand.- Sgt Robert Cook (G), Sgt Jack Porter...
Edwin transferred from Crew #17 to Crew #16 to replace gunners who while on an operational mission to Cherbourg, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-24H #41-29208 a target marker went off in the a/c forcing four gunners to bail out and become prisoners of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16131107
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, First Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690738
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0689696
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0724661
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Banning, CA | 16 December 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Ft Snelling, MN | 17 October 1942 | |
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Based |
Seething | 2 December 1943 - 31 July 1944 | |
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Died |
Snohomish, WA | 5 January 1974 | |
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Buried |
Flora Hills Cemetery, Lynnwood, WA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SO#150, 6th Heavy Bomb.Proc HQ, Herington, Kansas 5 Nov 43 / WWW.491st.org roster