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Foshee Ben Crum

Name:
Ben Crum Foshee
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Unit:
American Volunteer Group
Date of Death:
1942-05-04
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Fairmount Cemetery, Red Level, Alabama
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Ben Crum Foshee was born on December 21, 1915 in Conecuh County, Alabama. He was the son of George Washington Foshee and Ella Levon Parker Foshee. He was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institution (Auburn University) and was commissioned in the United States Navy in 1938, earned his Naval Aviator wings in 1940.

AVG Service: He arrived in China on 15 September 1941. He was a Wing Man in the Third Squadron, Hell's Angels. During a surprise enemy strafing/bombing run (records estimate 50 bombers and 30 fighters) at Paoshan around noon on 4 May 1942, Ben suffered wounds and later died from an enemy fighter strafing the airfield while he was attempting to reach his aircraft. He was only two months to the day away from the disbandment of the American Volenteer Group know as the Flying Tigers. He is now buried in the Fairmount Cemetery, Red Level, Covington County, Alabama, USA.

Ben was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com