Edward Doyle Sargent
MilitaryAssigned to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. Ferried B-26 41-31678 to ETO. Fatal mid air collision at Chipping Ongar 8-Mar-44 in B-26 41-31684 'Double Trouble'. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Willingale
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hymera, IN | 7 November 1917 | Son of George Hamilton and Mabel R [McCoskey] Sargent. |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 17 December 1941 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Died |
Near Chipping Ongar, UK | 8 March 1944 | |
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Buried |
Westlawn Cemetery Farmersburg, Sullivan County, IN | Re-Interred Westlawn Cemetery Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana | |
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Based |
Chipping Ongar | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. |
| Hamilton, MI |
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