Edward J Creevy
Military ROLL OF HONOURArowe95
Ball Turret Gunner. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down by fighters and crashed SSW of Erkner on a mission (#76) to the ball bearing plant at Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31553 "Myer's Flaw". Killed in Action (KIA)/ MIA. Member of the Rayburn Crew on mission with Haushalter Crew. MACR #3241. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery.
Swissvale, PA
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17110265
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35369299
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18079004
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749492
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0754935
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Swissvale, Pennsylvania | 16 November 1922 | |
Based |
25 February 1944 - 6 March 1944 | ||
Other Killed in Action |
Berlin, Germany | 6 March 1944 | |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3241 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3241, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces