Earl C Edgar
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 42812 - 2nd Lt Earl C Edgar, 25th BG.
Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. On 7-Aug-44, pilot Walter W. Thompson was on H2X photography (MICKEY) mission to Salzburgen, Germany in Mosquito. He and navigator Edgar are listed as Missing in Action (MIA) from that mission. Died 8-Aug-44, a day after being shot down on the 7th. Died in a German Hospital.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060577 / O-741950
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 802nd Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Beulah, MO | 17 November 1918 | Son of Johnie Ewan and Johanna “Josie” [Haley] Edgar. |
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Enlisted |
Sacramento, CA | 22 June 1942 | Sacramento, California |
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Other Missing in action (MIA) |
Salzburg, Germany | 7 August 1944 | Listed as Missing in Action (MIA) from mission. Died 8-Aug-44, a day after being shot down on the 7th. |
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Died |
Salzburg, Germany | 8 August 1944 | Died in a German Hospital. |
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Based |
Watton | 7 August 1944 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Greenlawn Cemetery and Mortuary, Bakersfield, Kern County, CA | Re-Interred Greenlawn Cemetery and Mortuary Bakersfield, Kern County, California | |
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Other Specialist training |
Hondo, TX | Completed Navigator training, Hondo, TX | |
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Enlisted |
Bakersfield, CA | Married Shirley Leedom. | |
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Other Departed for ETO |
Revisions
Combat Chronology Supplements p. 540 and 189, Aerial Intelligence of the 8th AF, p.175; Unit History;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8478113/earl-c-edgar;
Biographical details taken from a person record for Carl C. Edgar, which was deleted as a possible erroneous entry.
May 27, 1949
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