Edmond R Connors
Military
Front row: Irving Moore, March Schneider, Wallace Chappell, Forrest Lane
Back row: Paul Ellis, Raplph Hooper, William Provonsha, Joseph Clement, Edmond Connors, Benjamin Dranhoff
PK Ellis’s grandson
Object Number - UPL 44185 - A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group, with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed Lucky Strike. Front row: Irving Moore, March Schneider, Wallace...
September 1, 1943, arrived in Prestwick with poor visibility. Landed on beach near Troon with no injuries to crew in B17#42-30801 piloted by Irving Moore.
DFC/Air Medal w/3 Oak Leaf Cluster /Dist Unit Citation
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Born |
6 December 1923 | ||
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Other Arrived in the UK |
1 September 1943 | Landed on a beach nearby. | |
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Died |
10 December 1986 | ||
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Pammyinlp - do you have any photos of your uncle that you could upload and associate with his record?
Edmond R Connors was my paternal uncle. Lefty was his nickname and he was always Uncle Lefty to me and my brother.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / brother/son, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 260