Edwin D Byrdic
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17 41-24432 'Danellen' while serving as Radio Operator. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Danellen
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
20 December 1942 | Shot down with aircraft. No remains were ever recovered. | |
Other Commemorated |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery. |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 11-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 5381; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5381, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54,