Edwin David Katz
Military
Object Number - UPL 26648 - Lead crew on bombing mission to Wesseling, Germany, beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8038. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 11...
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x missions. Mission to Mannheim, hit by flak, his body returned aboard 44-8484. 13-Jan-45, Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (4OLC), EAME, PH.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O675467
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O763945
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-756211
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-555622
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pogue Ma Hone
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Malden, Middlesex County, MA, USA | 21 January 1924 | Edwin David Katz (known within the family as "Doovie" and with David as his primary name) was the middle of three children born to Harry Katz (a Word War I veteran) and Dora Hurwitz Katz. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 14 December 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died |
Mannheim, Germany | 13 January 1945 | Killed in Action (KIA) 13-Jan-45, mission to Mannheim , hit by flak, his body returned aboard 44-8484. |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 14 January 1945 | Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Based |
Molesworth | 13 January 1945 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Massachusetts, USA | ||
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Buried |
Independent Workmens Circle CemeteryWest Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA | Independent Workmens Circle Cemetery West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227986329/edwin-david-katz
Corrected photo crop on information from nephew and sister of Edwin Katz.
Biographical information comes from my mother, his older sister. Burial information comes from our family and my visits to his grave.
Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster from General Order 324 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Major General Williams, dated 12 September 1944.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K