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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Edward Beynon
Date of birth
14 January 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cumberland County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-675512
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
365th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1943
Place of death
Bentstreek, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 38 2

Immediate family

Members
William S. Phillips (father)
Estella J. Phillips (mother)
William S. Phillips (brother)
Elizabeth B. Phillips (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-23412
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1709

More information

The airplane was knocked out of formation by anti-aircraft fire and attacked and shot down by three enemy fighters.
Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Bentstreek, Germany on 22 December 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 43-C Bruce Fd Texas