Virgil Edmund Deyo

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-52166.jpeg UPL 52166 S/Sgt Virgil Edmund Deyo

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Object Number - UPL 52166 - S/Sgt Virgil Edmund Deyo

Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) St. Lo, France in B-24 42-94905 'Censored'; shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7915



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.





From Marilynn Tobash, daughter of the navigator of that crew Harry Pomles:

"In 1950 the government shipped his [Harry's] remains back from the temporary cemetery in St Lo where they were interred. He shares a grave with a gunner on the crew, Virgil Deyo (I don't remember his rank),in the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, NY."

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

People

Edwin Arthur Florcyk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06975673 / O-790501
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

An airman of the 489th Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94905) nicknamed "Censored".

42-94905

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Censored
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Prattsville, NY 22 December 1923 Edmund W and Alta [Peckham] Deyo.

Enlisted

Albany, NY 1 March 1943 Albany, New York

Died

Saint-Lô, France 24 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) St. Lo, France in B-24 42-94905 'Censored'; shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo. KIA MACR 7915

Based

Evaded

Halesworth 24 July 1944 Assigned to 846BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale, New York

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

From information provided by Marilynn Tobash, daughter of the navigator of that crew Harry Pomles.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7915 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 52166 - S/Sgt Virgil Edmund Deyo

Object number: UPL 52167 - S/Sgt Virgil Edmund Deyo