Jack P Edwards

Military

Hit by flak while bombing the target of Friedrichshafen, GR on 18 Mar 1944 and rapidly losing fuel, B-24J #42-100284 turned towards Switzerland, crash landed at Dubendorf. Interned.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 November 1995

Born

Other

Interned (INT)

Belgium 18 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3341 / MACR 3341, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database