Sergeant Eddie Douglas (Tex) Homer, missing in action after his plane was shot down over France. He was a prisoner of war, held at Stalg Moosburg-Lear until 1945

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031580

Description

Sergeant Eddie Douglas (Tex) Homer, missing in action after his plane was shot down over France. He was a prisoner of war, held at Stalg Moosburg-Lear until 1945.A mounted photographic portrait of a young man in a military uniform. His jacket has insignia on the collar and his service cap has a symbol on the front. He is wearing a light shirt, the tie is penciled in, and part of the portrait appears to be sketched onto the photo.Clipping"Wife Waits Word of Flier Missing on Bomber RaidMrs. Douglas Homer, 2004 Fifth Avenue, still held hope Wednesday that her husband, Staff Sgt. Douglas Homer, 32, engineer on a Flying Fortress who has been missing since Aug. 27 in the European area, would be reported alive.A son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Homer, Sergeant Homer came to Fort Worth 12 years ago from Okalahoma, his native State. An official telegram notified Mrs. Homer that her husband is missing."Stamped Star-Telegram. Eve. Sep. 15, 1943

Archival Date

1943-09-15

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-297

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Homer, Douglas; Missing in action; M.I.A.; Flying Fortress; Engineers; Homer, Douglas (Mrs.); Prisoners of War (P.O.W.s)