Edgar E Cunningham
Military
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UPL 30963
SSGT Edgar E. Cunningham
Waist Gunner
Ralph Jarrendt Crew
388th BG - 560th BS 388th Bomb Group collection
Waist Gunner
Ralph Jarrendt Crew
388th BG - 560th BS 388th Bomb Group collection
16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice, FR. in B-17 #42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top. Cunningham was injured.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057004 / O-664401
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20343323
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Slightly Dangerous II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Olin's 69ers, Gremlin Gus II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aquila
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gremlin Gus
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
California, USA | 3 June 1910 | |
Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 22 May 1942 | |
Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 24 July 1943 - 2 March 1944 | |
Died |
California, USA | 6 October 1971 | |
Buried |
Fall River Mills, CA 96028, USA | 9 October 1971 | Fall River Cemetery • Fall River Mills, Shasta County, California, USA |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" and a space to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Contributor466thHistorian
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Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorLucy May
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html