Monuments
Saint Meloir des Ondes Liberation Monument
B-17 42-29710 'Hell Below' Monument
B-17 42-29710 'Hell Below' Info Sign
Name:
Edgar L. Stevenson
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
17034754
Unit:
41st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Kansas
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Machine Gunner of the B-17 “Hell’s Below” that took off from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK on 29 May 1943 to bomb Rennes, France. The plane was shot down at 1634 by flak and German fighters. Technical Sergeant Stevenson survived the crash and was taken prisoner at Stalag Luft 17B in Braunau Gneikendorf. He was from Emporia, Kansas.