Edward Collins Unger
Military
Added details. - Kickapoo
Object Number - UPL 31423 - The B-17G, 44-6202, The Baby Shoe III, of the 833rd BS, the 486th BG, forms the backdrop for this aircraft's namesake : a single infant's shoe,...
Edward Unger was a pilot assigned to the 834th Bomb Squadron, the 486th Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force in the USAAF. He ferried the B-17G, 43-37716, 5 Grand, to Britain and the ETO.
He flew 30 missions with the 486th Bomb Group : 28 Jul 1944, to St. Lo; Aug 5 Hamburg; 7 Jussy; 8 St. Sylvian; 14 Mannheim; 16 Rositz; 25 Rechlin; 3 Sep Brest; 13 Darmstadt; 17 Holland; 26 Bremen; Oct 3 Nurnberg; 9 Mainz; 22 Munster; Nov 2 Merseberg; 4 Neunkirken; 6 Neumunster; 9 Saarbruechen; 27 Bingen; Dec 6 Merseburg; 10 Coblenz; 23 Hamburg; 24 Pforzheim; 26 Coblenz; 31 Hamburg; 1945 - Jan 1 Dahlbergen; 2 Troop Support; 13 Mainz; 18 Kaiserlautern; 21 Maneheim-Karlsrohe. 32 missions w/ 55th FG 1945: Feb 24 Bremen; 25 Munich; 26 Berlin; 27 Leipzig; Mar 1 Ulm; Nurnberg; Keisel; Brunswick; Nurnberg; Chemnitz; 14 Hannover; 15 Oranienberg; 17 Ruhland; 18 Berlin; 20 Hamburg; 21 Ruhland; 22 Leipzig; 26 Plaun; 31 Zeitz; Apr 4 Kiel; 5 Bamburg; 6 Leipzig; 7 Buchin; 9 Munich; 10 Zerbst; 11 Ingolstadt; 14 Bordeaux; 16 Bironde Estuary; 17 Dresden; 19 Munich; 20 Prague/ 21 Munich.
Transferred to the 3rd Scout Force flying the, P-51D, 44-14154, named, Mutt.
Awards: Legion of Merit w/an Oak Leaf Cluster - Air Medal w/8 Oak Leaf Clusters - DFC - Army Air Force and Army Commendation Medals
Post war: He remained in the USAAF serving in Korea and Vietnam and retired as a Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35229156
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19160049
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32823033
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Scouting Force 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771037
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Fighter pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Spokane, Washington | 12 May 1920 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 22 April 1945 | Transferred to 3rd Scout Force, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Carmichael, CA, USA | 4 April 1992 | |
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Buried |
Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno San Mateo County, CA | 7 April 1992 | Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno San Mateo County, CA |
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Based |
Sudbury | 21 April 1945 | Assigned to 834BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed punctuation marks from aircraft names, for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74117105/edward-collins-unger
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Merged 4 entries [ASN various O-757340, O-747340 and 14491A]
https://www.fold3.com/record/58268903-edward-c-unger
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/airbase/remember.html#17a
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74117105/edward-collins-unger
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Merged 4 entries [ASN various O-757340, O-747340 and 14491A]
https://www.fold3.com/record/58268903-edward-c-unger
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/airbase/remember.html#17a
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74117105/edward-collins-unger
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / widow, Dorothy L. Unger, and son, Edward C. Unger, Jr.
