World War II Honoree

Mayhew 'Bo' Foster

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE WAS AN ARMY PILOT IN WWII WHO FLEW 70 RECONNAISSANCE COMBAT MISSIONS. HE WAS AWARDED SILVER STAR AFTER SPENDING FIVE HOURS TAKING FIRE ABOVE THE BATTLEFIELD WHEN THE 36TH DIVISION MADE AN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT LANDING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE IN 1944. HE ALSO RECEIVED THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR. ON ONE MISSION HE WAS TO FLY THE HEAD OF GERMANY’S LUFTWAFFE, REICHMARSCHALL, HERMANN GOERING FROM KITZBUHEL, AUSTRIA TO 7TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, AFTER HIS SURRENDER, IN 1945, FOR INTERROGATION BEFORE TURNING HIM OVER TO STAND TRIAL AT NUREMBERG. HE RETIRED A LIEUTENANT GENERAL.