Edward J Risk
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
Object Number - UPL 26620 - Lt. Edward J. Risk flew with the 351st Fighter Squadron/353rd Fighter Group out of Raydon AF, Suffolk, England. Risk joined the squadron on February...
Lt. Risk joined the squadron with Lts. John Hynes and James Frye in February 1945. Lt. Frye would be killed in March of 1945, crashing in the channel after his engine took a hit and he could not nurse it back. Lt. Risk would be Killed in Action (KIA) flying P-51 'Lady Margaret' 44-14796 (This aircraft was mostly flown by Lt. George S. Montgomery) crashed due to flak near Obernberg on 16 April 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Ordnance and Armament Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14188861 /O-827353
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot with the 353rd , 351st fighter squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 505th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16136319 / T-62611 / O-2000298
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11025538 / O-758938
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 351st Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-416268
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Lady Margaret
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Germany | 16 April 1945 | |
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Born |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13970 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
