Edward J Fitzgerald

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 22 November 1944 , Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 176 On November 1, 1944 in a weather reconnaissance mission (Bluestocking weather Met), Mosquito aircraft crashed in England in severe weather.



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH



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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Aircraft

NS515

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 653rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

22 November 1944

Born

New York State

Buried

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

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ContributorWattonman
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Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor, Combat Chronology Supplement p.542, Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 176 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia