98th Bombardment Group 09/03/1943
HEADQUARTERS D-SCB-je
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AIR FORCES
A-2 SECTION
APO 650
ESCAPE STATEMENT 10 November 1943
1st Lt. Hoover Edwards, O-791405, 98th B.G., 344th Bomb Squadron.
Duty: Pilot
Age: 27
Missions: 29
Returned to Duty: 23 October 1943.
Shot down by fighters over Sulmona, 3 September 1943. Two engines were shot out and a fire started which could not be extinguished. Bailed out and was captured upon landing.
Slight interrogation by Germans and Italians. No information was given.
Escapee showed courage and resourcefulness in as much as he escaped from the Germans three times. He seemed sincere in all statements made.
INTERROGATOR:
S. C. BORZILLERI,
2nd Lt., Air Corps,
Ass’t., A-2.
Encls:
1 copy Appendix “A”
1 copy Appendix “B”
1 copy AG. 383.6
Official US Army Air Forces Combat Report by Hoover Edwards of the 98th Bombardment Group. This material is a transcription of official reports-testimonials of Hoover Edwards's combat experience.
Hoover Edwards: Personnel File
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