Floyd Clinton Edwards
Military
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.
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
People
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
CO | 15 April 1919 | |
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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. |
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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 |
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Died |
1 November 1991 |
Revisions
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.
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