Edgar Lee Harrell
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 18531
Edgar L Harrell Ball Turret Gunner
Gary Hall
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14295
Awards: AM (7OLC), PH
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208716
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35813772
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37705058
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Summitville, TN | 22 September 1919 | Son of Luther Howard and Maudy Pearl [Green] Harrell. |
Died |
Stendal, Germany | 8 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl KIA MACR 14295 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 8 April 1945 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Silverbrook Cemetery Niles, Berrien County, MI | Re-Interred Silverbrook Cemetery Niles, Berrien County, Michigan | |
Other Departed ZI |
Posted to ETO. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14295 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database