Edwin L Turner
MilitaryAssigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40364 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'; shot down near the Yugoslavia/Bulgaria border by enemy fighters during withdrawal from the target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 165
TSgt Turner was on Crew 67-19 with Capt Gunn on movement orders to North Africa on January 27, 1943 to serve with the 98th Bomb Group.
Awards: DFC (1OLC), AM (4OLC), PH, ACM, EAME w/2 campaign stars
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11037168 / O-791098
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Pink Elephant - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 6 January 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
Died |
Macedonia | 1 August 1943 | |
Buried |
12 July 1949 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Grave 107, Section 15 | |
Born |
Georgia | ||
Zion, IL | |||
Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Updated awards and bio section per official government documents.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49329448/edwin-l-turner
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions on the 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti raid.
Removed: 'Was detached from 389th BG to 98th BG to fly this raid. Was a member of Capt . Gunn's crew also detached to the 98th BG for this raid.'
Only previous source given is MACR 165 and there is no evidence in that MACR that the crew was detached from 389th Bomb Group:
https://www.fold3.com/image/1/29417957
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 165