Edward E Haushalter
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Susan Keener has given permission for the photo of Edward Haushalter she added to Findagrave to be shared on the American Air Museum website: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=56358646&PIpi=96…
Object Number - UPL 30175 - Edward Haushalter with his future sister-in-law Verna.
Edward Haushalter served as a pilot with the 534th Bomb Squadron of the 381st Bomb Group, flying missions out of Ridgewell, England. He was a passenger on B-17F #42-30732 'Pistol Packin Mama' when it landed short and lost the left landing gear on a local flight and was instructed to attempt a gear up landing at Alconbury. He Returned to Duty (RTD).
On 6 March 1944, Edward was flying B-17G #42-31553 when it was shot down by fighters and crashed SSW of Erkner on a mission to the ball bearing plant at Erkner-Berlin. He was Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
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Born |
Maplewood, Missouri | ||
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Buried |
Plot A Row 32 Grave 15 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3241 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx
https://abmc.gov/node/546111#.WddjQWMdTnk
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56358646
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3241, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
