John Arthur Edwards

Military

Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 20+ x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C shot down, T/Sgt Edwards hit by 20mm shell from Fw190, in throat. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 656



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16052088 / O-792103
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Happy
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grant County, WI 16 February 1919 Son of Verne Elgie and Arlie J [Stowell] Edwards.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 5 September 1941

Died

Bochum, Germany 12 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; hit by 20mm shell from Fw190, in throat. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 656

Buried

Rotterdam 13 August 1943 Interred Rotterdam cemetery

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Podington 12 August 1943 Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, WI Re-Interred Greenwood Cemetery Platteville, Grant County, WI Block V, Lot 15
Platteville, PA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database