Floyd Clinton Edwards

Military
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are  wearing  cold weather flying gear.  There are large canvas bags on the ground in front of the men. UPL 67020 UPL 67020 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 11 December 1943.
Standing L-R: Floyd C. Edwards (P), James W. Hines (CP), Harold C.Groh (N), Unidentified, Unidentified, Chester H. Zink (FG).
Kneeling L-R: Anthony Palazzo (B), Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified.
545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group VIII Bomber Command 151 42-37816 Grafton Underwood Floyd Clinton Edwards James W Hines Chester H Zink Anthony Palazzo Harold C Groh George Henry Carroll Roger C Smith James Hansel Johnson Paul H Fleming Warren A Folmar On

Object Number - UPL 67020 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 11 December 1943. Standing L-R: Floyd C. Edwards (P), James W. Hines (CP), Harold C.Groh (N), Unidentified,...

Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97477 'Porky's Pig', Prisoner of War (POW).



 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 35483894
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736507 , Enlsited ASN 14076769
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Short Stride : Loma Lee : TS
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kathleen | Barrel House Bessie
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Run
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rum Pot II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 24 April 1944
  • Date: 20 April 1944

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

CO 15 April 1919

Other

Wounded

Hamburg, Germany 25 July 1943 Injured by FLAK on a 25 July 1943 mission: he was in the hospital and off combat duty from 25 July 1943 until 16 November 1943.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 24 April 1944 - 24 April 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Died

1 November 1991

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4348 / MACR 4348, relative, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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