Edwin Cameron Ball
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Bauvais in P-51 42-106937 whilst strafing a train hit by flak in coolant system and abandoned A/C. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7438.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Clearwater County, ID, USA | 7 July 1919 | Son of Edmund J and Ella M [Snyder] Ball. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Stevens, Warrenton, OR 97121, USA | 16 May 1941 | |
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Other Promotion |
Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK | 21 May 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Roeselare, Belgium | 8 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Bauvais in P-51 42-106937 whilst strafing a train hit by flak in coolant system and abandoned A/C. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7438 |
| Weippe, ID 83553, USA | |||
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Based |
Fowlmere | 8 August 1944 | Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7438 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list