Harry Duke Edmiston
Military
Rear: Cpl Roland Morin, S/Sgt Urbain H Granger, Cpl Charles F Foss, Cpl Homer E Hymbaugh, Cpl Edwin A Burkhardt, Cpl Robert T Trumpy.
Front: 2Lt Harry D Edmiston, 2Lt Ken B Smith, 2Lt Edward J Chojnowski, 2Lt Frank Hokr.
Object Number - UPL 41101 - Kenneth Smith crew: Rear: Cpl Roland Morin, S/Sgt Urbain H Granger, Cpl Charles F Foss, Cpl Homer E Hymbaugh, Cpl Edwin A Burkhardt, Cpl Robert T...
Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Mechanical issues forced A/C to drop out of formation, subsequently mauled by fighters, A/C abandoned. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10683
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15108203 / O-825700
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tenmenbak / Paulette
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Del Rio, TX | 4 December 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Sam Houston, TX | 24 July 1941 | Fort Sam Houston Texas |
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Other Baled out POW |
Trencin, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Downed by fighters, A/C abandoned. POW MACR 10683 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
20 August 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
29 April 1951 | Re-Enlistment. | |
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Other Discharged USAF |
31 March 1953 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Fredericksburg, TX | 10 February 1985 | |
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Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | 13 February 1985 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX Section 1 Site 1139 |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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