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Roger W Edmonson

Military

  • Memorial at Taverham Mill Fisheries. Remains of the aircraft are still in the lake.

    Memorial at Taverham Mill Fisheries. Remains of the aircraft are still in the lake.

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  • Turnip Termite, B24H 41-29418: Original noseart by Clayton Hutsell 486th BG 835th SQ 8thAAF. The aircraft was transferred from the 486th to the 44th on 17 April 1944. and renamed Pappy's Chillun. It crashed in the 21st of April, with the loss of all crew except the pilot and co-pilot.

    Turnip Termite, B24H 41-29418: Original noseart by Clayton Hutsell 486th BG 835th SQ 8thAAF. The aircraft was transferred from the 486th to the 44th on 17 April 1944. and renamed Pappy's Chillun. It crashed in the 21st of April, with the loss of all crew except the pilot and co-pilot.

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Joined Sqd 3/14/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 4/21/44 (Hamm). Pilot: Havens.

Killed when Pappy’s Chillun, B-24H #42-29418, crashed during assembly. ”It was the opinion of the investigating board that the airplane picked up too much ice, was forced into a stall, and from there into a spin, when it fell apart.” (44thbombgroup.com) The main body of the aircraft still lies in the lake at Taverham Mill. On 21 April 2001, 57 years after the crash, a memorial was dedicated on the property.

Service

Units served with

  • 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs

    44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs

    Group
    The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...

  • 68th Bomb Squadron

    68th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Associated Place

Events

Event Location Date
Born 6 May 1924
Died Taverham Mill Lakes 21 April 1944
Buried English, TX, USA

English Cemetery
English
Red River County
Texas, USA
Plot: Center section
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
18218286
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Assistant Engineer
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
04 April 2020 23:32:54 jmoore43 Changes to biography
Sources

Added a "#" and a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Date Contributor Update
01 May 2015 16:39:19 usxpat Changes to highest rank, role, biography, events, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

Find A Grave Memorial# 66570249
Personal recollection and information: http://forum.armyairforces.com/quotTurnip-TermitequotquotPappy39s-Chillu...
http://www.usaafdata.com/
http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHA44.pdf
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:24:23 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd

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