Aubrey LeClare Edwards Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 737BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Based at Cerignola, Italy. Failed to Return (FTR) Graz, Austria in B-24 42-52225 'Moo Juice'. Baled out after enemy aircraft shredded the A/C. Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: AM, PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 737th Bomb Squadron 454th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32714996
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 454th Bomb Group 737th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32728573
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 737th Bomb Squadron 454th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 19059846
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 737th Bomb Squadron 454th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 15130675 / O-747673
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 737th Bomb Squadron 454th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-745848
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Birmingham, Alabama | 13 October 1921 | BornBirmingham, Alabama |
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Enlisted |
Lexington, Kentucky | 20 March 1942 | EnlistedLexington, Kentucky |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany | 19 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany |
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Other Discharged |
15 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
1 February 2019 | ||
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Buried |
Sharon Cemetery Augusta, Kentucky | 4 February 2019 | InterredSharon CemeteryAugusta, Kentucky |