Edward Neil Sadler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39034.jpeg UPL 39034 F/O Edward Sadler, navigator aboard 42-97942.

Object Number - UPL 39034 - F/O Edward Sadler, navigator aboard 42-97942.

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6983.



Awarded DFC posthumously.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14079510 / O-810816
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, Ohio 26 February 1924 Son of Edward C and Frances E Sadler.

Enlisted

Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 5 November 1942 Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio

Other

Killed in action

Canvey Island 19 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. KIA MACR 6983

Buried

20 June 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot A Row 6 Grave 37

Based

Kimbolton 19 June 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6983 / MACR 6983; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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