Edwin Felix Pezda

Military

Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). Re-commenced second tour HQ Sqn, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF as Squadron Commanding Officer. Credited 1 x kill, 1 x damaged [Air], 1 destroyed [Grd], 1 x damaged [Grd]. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission Germany hit by flak crashed near Kruzelsau on 28-Feb-45 in P-51D 'Pauline' 44-14625 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12801.



Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-75158

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 404th Fighter Group

44-11635

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

44-13301

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Swami
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

44-14625

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hamtramck, MI, USA 25 August 1917 Son of Felix and Verna Pezda.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 29 May 1942

Other

Crashed

Craig Air Field, Selma, AL 36701, USA 21 December 1942 Take Off Accident Ground Loop Craig Field, AL Cat 4 damage Lt Edwin F Pezda, 21-Dec-42. P-40 40-293 - 92SEFTSq

Other

Promotion

Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK 11 August 1944 Promoted to Major.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 30 September 1944 Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Other

Re-assigned

Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK 10 November 1944 - 1 January 1945 Re-commenced second tour HQ Sqn, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

East Wretham 1 January 1945 - 28 February 1945 Transferred to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF as Squadron Commanding Officer.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 28 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out

74653 Künzelsau, Germany 28 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission Germany hit by flak crashed near Kunzelsau on 28-Feb-45 in P-51D 'Pauline' 44-14625 POW. MACR 12801.

Other

Crashed

14185 Falcon Street, Luke AFB, AZ 85309, USA 1 December 1945 Landing Accident Ground Loop Luke AAF, AZ Cat 3 damage Maj Edwin F Pezda, 1-Dec-45. AT-11 43-10340 - 3028BU

Died

San Diego, CA, USA 4 December 2006

Other

Transferred

Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK 30 September 1944 Transferred to HQ Sqn, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

East Wretham Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery

Revisions

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Sources

www.littlefriends.co.uk
https://www.fold3.com/image/28830854
https://www.fold3.com/page/627763119-edwin-pezda-1917/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/627763119-edwin-pezda-1917
https://www.fold3.com/record/45349390-edwin-felix-pezda
https://www.fold3.com/image/312833943?terms=Edwin%20Pezda
https://www.fold3.com/image/164803748?terms=Edwin%20F%20Pezda
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Pezda&Submit7=Go
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49351738/edwin-f-pezda

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/164803748?terms=Edwin%20F%20Pezda
https://www.fold3.com/image/28830854
https://www.fold3.com/page/627763119-edwin-pezda-1917/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/627763119-edwin-pezda-1917
https://www.fold3.com/record/45349390-edwin-felix-pezda
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49351738/edwin-f-pezda

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list