Francis Chase Kincannon

Military

Shot down by flak and force-landed near Chaam, Holland in B-17 #42-97564 on 20 July 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). Ended his Air Force career as a Lieutenant Colonel.

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Oscar Laddie Edge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39549755
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Bernard Lester Farnum

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32374784 at enlistment, then O-682835
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Magee Charles Fuller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699243
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Henry Cecil Griffis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14098691 at enlistment, then O-809589
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator, Radar, Radar Navigator

Robert Earl Nance

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16000105 at enlistment, then O-666697
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Event Location Date Description

Born

21 April 1918 Texas

Other

force-landed

20 July 1944 Was pilot of B-17 42-97564. Forced landing near Chaam Holland. Immediately captured.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

20 July 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops.

Died

19 July 1971 Rockport, Texas
Waco, Texas

Buried

Francis Kincannon rests at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas

Revisions

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MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database