Edmund Lamont Decker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On the operational mission of 8 June 1944, F/O Decker, while strafing an enemy convoy, went into a vertical bank and a high speed stall, and crashed. His aeroplane (42-75556) exploded. Status: Killed in Action (KIA) 9 June 1944, and changed to Determined Dead, 6 August 1945.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, MO 7 June 1920 Son of Hazel A Decker.

Enlisted

Kansas City, MO 17 August 1943

Based

Wormingford 23 March 1944 - 8 June 1944 Transferred to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Beauvais, France 8 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) in P-47 42-75556; whilst strafing, stalled A/C and crashed in flames 8-Jun-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5589

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Atcham 23 March 1944 Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried

Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO Memorialised Mount Washington Cemetery Independence, Jackson County, MO