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Personal info

Full name
RUSH, Foy A
Date of birth
2 July 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Silver Bow County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39610898
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
511th Bombardment Squadron,
351st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 October 1943
Place of death
Westerschelde, east of Ellewoutsdijk, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Riley A. Rush (father)
Henrietta H. (Pence) Rush (mother)
Hoover Rush (brother)
Haner Rush (brother)
Ollie E. Rush (sister)
Joseph Rush (brother)
Helen Rush (sister)
Susan Rush (sister)
Wesley Rush (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5807
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Rikki Tikki Tavi aka Minor Ball
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke (VDM) aviation industry
MACR: 910

More information

Foy Rush enlisted on 26 August 1942 in Butte, Montana.

The aircraft was shot down by flak and enemy aircraft on the return flight and crashed at 12.25 h.

The entire crew of ten men was killed.

Only two bodies were recovered. S/Sgt Towsley's body washed ashore. The exact date and location is not known. The body of S/Sgt Burgess washed ashore at Buitenhaven, Vlissingen on 19 October 1943. He was initially buried at the Northern Cemetery of Vlissingen a day later.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Army Enlistment Record / 1920 Census / Family Tree / Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959, www.americanairmuseum.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Des Moines Register - 15 August 1943