Damaged by flak en-route to the target at Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 the crew of B-17F 42-3529 baled out before the a/c blew up and crashed SE of Bremen, Germany.



J. Edgar was a Member of the 8th Air Force, 95th bomb group, 336th squadron during WWII. He was a radio operator and machine gunner on one of the first B-17’s to bomb Berlin. On his 20th birthday, in 1944, he was shot down over Germany and taken captive as a POW for 13 months. He survived the Death March across Germany and was finally liberated by the American 101st Inftry. Div. on the 25th of April 1945. After liberation he re-enlisted and completed his 20 years of service to the USAAF. Following retirement from the military, he became friends with President Kennedy’s Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert, and upon his suggestion began his 20 years of service with the U.S. Treasury Department. He enjoyed genealogy and fixing antique radios. He was member of the Mensa Society, and was immensely proud of his family and country.