Edward Cooper Holdren
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13080
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15170474 / O-828823
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Upper Glade, West Virginia | 11 May 1923 | Son of Edward Hypes and Lillie Ethel Holdren. |
Enlisted |
Fort George G Meade, MD | 8 April 1944 | Fort George G Meade, Maryland |
Died |
Kamberg, Germany | 17 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany KIA MACR 13080 |
Based |
Eye | 17 February 1945 | Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Bedford, Bedford County, VA | Finally interred Greenwood Cemetery Bedford, Bedford County, VA Alongside his mother. | |
Buried |
Initially re-interred at the Rose family cemetery, Jul-49. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13080