Edward B Connors
Military
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UPL 50321
Watson crew with B-17 42-39785 "Thru Hel'en HiWater" 303BG.
Rear L-R: 2Lt Milton Feinman (B), 2Lt Edward B. Connors (N), 2Lt James R. Burns (CP), Capt Jack W. Watson (P)
Front L-R: Sgt Charles C. Maple (R), S/Sgt Robert G. McArthur (TG), T/Sgt Herbert A. Daniel (RWG), S/Sgt Thomas P. Hickey (LWG), S/Sgt Paul M. Gibbs (BTG), T/Sgt Robert W. Hoffman (E)
Rear L-R: 2Lt Milton Feinman (B), 2Lt Edward B. Connors (N), 2Lt James R. Burns (CP), Capt Jack W. Watson (P)
Front L-R: Sgt Charles C. Maple (R), S/Sgt Robert G. McArthur (TG), T/Sgt Herbert A. Daniel (RWG), S/Sgt Thomas P. Hickey (LWG), S/Sgt Paul M. Gibbs (BTG), T/Sgt Robert W. Hoffman (E)
USAAF Photo
Shot down by fighters prior to the IP and crashed WSW of Dinant, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97509 'Old Hickory'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: Old Hickory
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St Louis, Missouri |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces