Edmund Albert Kasold Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. West crew. 10 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41016; Hit by fighters, A/C set on fire and exploded. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10636
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20717506 / O-798711
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
8 February 1918 | Son of Edmund A Sr and Maude N [Sanderson] Kasold. | |
Enlisted |
7 November 1942 | Los Angeles, California | |
Other Baled out POW |
17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41016; Hit by fighters, A/C set on fire and exploded. POW MACR 10636 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
Died |
28 June 1987 | ||
Based |
17 December 1944 | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Historic Nevada County Cemetery Nevada City, Nevada County, CA |
Revisions
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