Edward Corrigan
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-43 in B-17F 42-5370, 91BG/324BS while serving as Radio Operator. The aircraft was shot down by fighters and crasheds into the North Sea near Texel Island, Holland. His remains were washed ashore on 29-Apr-43 and he was initially buried in the Church Cemetery at List on Sylt Island. After the war his remains were re-interred in the Ardennes American Cemetery.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
West of Texel, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Killed in action. He was found washed ashore on the island of Sylt. |
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Born |
Roxbury, Massachusetts | ||
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 34, Grave 41. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Also MACR 16102.
Award detail from source : http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
Additional biography from source : http://www.airmen.dk/e556021.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16102 / MACR 16102, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p 88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar Appendix 4 Roll of Honor, The 91st Bomb Group by Burdick p. 113, National WWII monument web site entries / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database