Edward Thomas Quinn
Military
Object Number - UPL 60363 - Edward T. Quinn, 749th BS, 457th BG
Assigned to 749BS 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Gydnia, Poland in B-17 42-31629 9-Apr-44; shot down by Fw190's in target area. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3664
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-806324
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 21 September 1922 | Son of Edward F Quinn. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 4 September 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 9 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
9 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Gydnia, Poland in B-17 42-31629 9-Apr-44; shot down by Fw190's in target area. POW MACR 3664 | |
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Died |
4 September 1988 | ||
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Buried |
Calverton National CemeteryCalverton, Suffolk County, NY | 8 September 1988 | Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, Suffolk County, New York |
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Based |
Glatton | 9 April 1944 | Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Qnames.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3664 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
