Virgil G Faust
Military
LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman Photographer
Top right is 42-5712 LG-S 'Heavyweight Annihilators No.2' aka 'My Prayer'.
LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman Photographer
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Object Number - UPL 72781 - USAAF Boeing B-17F Bombers, 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group in flight - early 1943. LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman...
Asigned as replacement crew. Prisoner of War (POW). 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-5712 'My Prayer' on mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, A/C attacked by fighters. With A/C afire, 7 of the crew bailed out near Frankfurt. Pilot Judy, Copilot Lays and Engineer Cherry stayed with the A/C and landed on the grass at RAF Manston, Kent.
AM, POW, EAME, GC
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Windber, Pennsylvania | 8 May 1921 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 248
