Edward Young

Military
media-50259.jpeg UPL 50259 The Rap 'Em Pappy Crew: Back Row: Jake Schenkenberger (WG, S/SGT, KIA), James Garvey (R/O, T/SGT, KIA), John Cowly (EnG, T/SGT, KIA), Gerald Beltz (WG, S/SGT, POW), Theo Sheridan (TG, S/SGT, POW). Front Row: Leo Ruvolis, (Pilot, 1/LT, POW), Carl Wunderlin (Co-Pilot, 2/LT, KIA), Randall Mayer, Jr. (N, F/O, POW), Edward Young (B, 2/LT, POW).

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Object Number - UPL 50259 - The Rap 'Em Pappy Crew: Back Row: Jake Schenkenberger (WG, S/SGT, KIA), James Garvey (R/O, T/SGT, KIA), John Cowly (EnG, T/SGT, KIA), Gerald Beltz...

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Halberstadt on 7/7/44 in B-24 'Rap Em Pappy' #4295229



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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95229

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War

Germany 7 July 1944

Born

Wadsworth, Ohio, USA

Revisions

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Sources

NOT KIA. Detail taken from MACR 7216 - https://www.fold3.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7216 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 50259 - The Rap 'Em Pappy Crew: Back Row: Jake...