Edmund D Whalen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 48569 - 1st Lt Edmund D Whalen, 334FS, 4FG.
Served with RAF, transferred to USAAF. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. A/C hit by debris from an exploding Me110 and crashed E of Helmstedt, Germany on an escort mission to Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in P-51 43-6630. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2839.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH also British 1939-1945 Star Medal.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
Helmstedt, Germany | 6 March 1944 | A/C hit by debris from an exploding Me110 and crashed E of Helmstedt, Germany on an escort mission to Berlin on 6-Mar-44 in P-51B 43-6630. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2839. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands Plot E, Row 6, Grave 21 | |
| Gouverneur, NY 13642, USA | |||
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Born Killed in Action (KIA) |
New York, NY, USA | ||
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted 1st Lieutenant. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2839 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2839, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
