Albert Harold Edgett

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 MarCH 1944 in B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider'. Returned To Duty (RTD). Albert Edgett was on board B-24H #42-52226 when it fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Holland, with three rescued and seven drowned, icluding Albert Edgett. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Mack Orman Garrett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38244011
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Thomas W Keefe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31248226
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Jason H McGue

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Gerald Berdette Yoder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37440169
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

31 July 1915 Phillips County, Kansas, United States

Other

drowned in the Ijsselmeer, The Netherlands

6 March 1944 after bailing out of B-24H #42-52226

Other

His body was recovered

22 April 1944 in the waters of the Ijsselmeer, near Harderwijk, Gelderland Province, The Netherlands

Buried

22 April 1944 at the local cemetery in Harderwijk, Gelderland Province, The Netherlands

Born

Broughton, Clay County, Kansas

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial after the war, Albert Edgett's remains were buried at the Ardennes Cemetery, Plot C, Row 3, Grave 15

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

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MACR 2970
ABMC website
E-mail correspondence wit cousin Harold Edgett March 2004

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2970 / MACR 2970, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database