Alfred W Edes
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Image Courtesy of Major Rochelle D'Arcy
Object Number - UPL 6623 - 1st Lieutenant Alfred Wayne Edes of the 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group
Shot down by coastal guns on a mission to Poix, FR on 13 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39980 and crashed just off the French coast. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ardenvoir, Washington, USA | 16 February 1916 | |
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Died |
13 March 1944 | ||
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Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 13 March 1944 |
Revisions
Rochelle D'arcy , via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
Page at ABMC
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3240 / MACR 3240, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
