Edward G Christensen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 50806
B-17 42-30371 - 9 missions - MIA on Gdynia 9-10-43 (pilot Nagorka), 560BS, 388BG.
Rear L-R: Lester Baum, Francis Tierney, Gilbert Parker, Henry Nagorka.
Front L-R: Jack Harris, Claude Whitehead, Francis Antalek, Robert Blankenburg, Edward Christensen, Edward Keisler.
Rear L-R: Lester Baum, Francis Tierney, Gilbert Parker, Henry Nagorka.
Front L-R: Jack Harris, Claude Whitehead, Francis Antalek, Robert Blankenburg, Edward Christensen, Edward Keisler.
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 42-30030 'Old Ironsides. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Killed in Action.
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Ironsides
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in action |
16 September 1943 | Drowned in English Channel after aircraft ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea. He was stunned on imapct and drowned. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html