Clarence Edward Edwards

Military
media-40829.jpeg UPL 40829 Bradley Edgar Squires collection

PHIL SQUIRES

Object Number - UPL 40829 -

Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-30805 3-Nov-43; shot down crashed Gesellschaftshaus. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1155



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Alvin Pitts

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2044671
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30805

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bomb Boogie's Revenge
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

19 April 1915 Son of Henry Bartholomew and Ida Mathilda [King] Edwards.

Enlisted

21 February 1942 New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

3 November 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

3 November 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-30805 3-Nov-43; shot down crashed Gesellschaftshaus. POW. MACR 1155

Died

3 July 1968

Buried

6 July 1968 Evergreen Cemetery Union City, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Based

3 November 1943 Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Capitalized the Words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

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https://www.fold3.com/image/545857683
https://www.fold3.com/record/86844114/clarence-e-edwards-wwii-army-enli…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28876537/clarence-edward-edwards

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1155 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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