Edgar Ernest Snyder Jr

Military
media-26649.jpeg UPL 26649 Lead crew on bombing mission to Koln, Germany, beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8038. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 17 October 1944.

Object Number - UPL 26649 - Lead crew on bombing mission to Koln, Germany, beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8038. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 17 October...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 427BS C/O and 303BG Deupty C/O.







Awards: DFC (3OLC), BSM, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33795076
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Ball turret
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16025970 / O-442158
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Van Wert, OH 20 July 1917 Son of Edgar Ernest Sr and Nora Irene [Forrer] Snyder.

Died

26 July 2005

Buried

Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery Sierra Vista, Cochise County, AZ 29 July 2005 Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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GENERAL ORDER # 621, 14 December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000

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