George Phil Edwards
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 56741 - 1st Lt George P Edwards, 323BG.
Assigned to 453BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. B-26 41-34706 shot down by flak and crashed near Vraignes. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 213
" Buried in Poix France, he was then reinterred at the U.S. Military Cemetery at Normandy in June 1949. My uncle and namesake was the youngest of six children. He was the first in our family to graduate from college (Ohio University), then worked briefly at the Associated Press in Chicago before joining the USAAF in 1942. His three older brothers, including my father, served in the Army in the Pacific during the war. George's Normandy gravesite has been visited by his sister and two nieces and nephew whom he never met. - George S. Edwards "
Awards: SS, PH.
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Units served with
![Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380000.jpg.webp?itok=SSrEVQvb)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15069087 / O-438451
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Miss Fortune
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Youngstown, Ohio | 4 July 1919 | Son of Evan J Edwards. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH | 9 January 1942 | Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio |
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Died |
31 July 1943 | ||
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Buried |
Poix, France | Interred Poix cemetery, France | |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 18 Grave 15 | |
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Based |
Earls Colne | 31 July 1943 | Assigned to 453BS, 323BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Based on Department of Army records and family records, by nephew George S. Edwards
Combat Chronology, Overseas American Cemetery, Losses of 8th Air Force / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
