Foster Edgar Dewees

Military
media-41697.jpeg UPL 41697 "Capt. James F. Goodman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group pose beside their Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England. Capt. Goodman piloted the lead aircraft on the mission to Le Bourget airdrome near Paris, France on 16th June 1944."

Rear L-R: Jim Goodman, Harry Bowman, Julius Pickoff, Unkn, Unkn, Walt Haberer.

Front L-R: John Farmer, Burt Markle, Jim Graham, Carlton Giese, Foster Dewees.

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Object Number - UPL 41697 - "Capt. James F. Goodman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group pose beside their Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force...

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. James Goodman crew. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

James F Goodman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-31891

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shape
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-32012

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shark Tooth
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Albany, Floyd County, IN 19 December 1921 Son of Sadie Dewees.

Enlisted

Louisville, KY 10 August 1942 Louisville, Kentucky

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 April 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Jeffersonville, IN 27 April 1987

Buried

Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN 30 April 1987 Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=363

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