Edward Wiler Weldon Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 27260 - Capt Edward W Weldon Jr. 571BS, 390BG, 8AF.
Assigned to 571BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Flew most of them on 'The Bad Penny'. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-3302 'Rick-O-Shay'. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 886
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WW II Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Stars).
Post war: Owned and operated with his wife Marie, Weldon’s Hardware store in West Collingswood, New Jersey for over 40 years. Awarded the Chevalier French Legion of Honour medal shortly before his passing.
Connections
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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: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19073455 / O-678141
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39835439
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12036673
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34350896
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38206341
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Chews Landing, New Jersey | 8 December 1919 | Son of Edward and Lillian Weldon. |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 6 March 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 10 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Shot down |
Münster, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 42-3302 'Rick-O-Shay'. |
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Died |
Ocean City, NJ, USA | 23 June 2015 | |
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Based |
Framlingham | 10 October 1943 | Assigned to 571BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 866 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
https://www.fold3.com/image/28610631
https://www.fold3.com/page/83766604_edward_w%20weldon%20jr/details/
https://obittree.com/obituary/us/new-jersey/tuckahoe/langley-loveland-f…
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?pid=17…
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/ocean_city/daughter-oc-man-would-have-rec…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 866
