Alfred  Wayne  EDES

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-391789
AGE28 yo
DATE OF BIRTH16 february 1916 Barron County
ETATWISCONSIN
FAMILY--
RANK1st Lieutenant
FONCTIONCoPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT-WI
DATE of ENLISTEMENT-
 SQUADRON526th Bomb Squadron
 GROUP379th Bomb Group Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH13 march 1944edes alfred wayne tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHLarge Boulogne-sur-Mer (62)
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-10-VE - s/n 42-39980 LF*C "Just So"

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Macr: 3240

Mission: Site of
V1 (Vergeltungswaffe) - Photo of the site pics-aeronef.discutfree.comV1 (Noball) of Croisette (62)

Take-off station 117 Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire UK

Shot by the flak at 11:58 am - Plane evacuated entirely off Boulogne.
Take-off station 117 Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire UK

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D1445
DECORATION

Air Medal + 3 OLC

Purple Heart

am 3olc

Photo FDLM

 

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STORY
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Source : Arnaud Gaté

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Pilot Class Book 43-F, Lubbock, Texas. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Ria who indexed this class book.

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Source : Bobbi Piippo


 Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-10-VE - s/n 42-39980 LF*C

"Just So"

2nd Lieutenant Thomas SOSO Pilot Décédé - Golden Gate Nat Cem. K.101 - San Bruno, CALIFORNIA O-746003 - 26 ans - Né le 06/12/1917 - Temple City, California
1st Lieutenant Alfred W EDES CoPilot Décédé - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-391789 - AM+3 - Ardenvoir, Washington
2nd Lieutenant Sidney MOGOL Navigator Prisonnier - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang O-749445 - Chicago, Illinois
2nd Lieutenant Julius FRIEDLAND Bomber Prisonnier - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang O-741548 - Brooklyn, New York
T/Sergeant Leo A CHRUBY Radio/Gunner Prisonnier - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow 35568069 - East Chicago, Indiana
T/Sergeant Sidney H KIRKPATRICK Mechanic/Gunner Prisonnier - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow 13044436 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pvt John S SPENCER Gunner Prisonnier - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow 33027937 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
S/Sergeant James B PEARCE Gunner Décédé - MIA - Tablets Cim Am Ardennes Neupre 14166120 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Raleigh, NORTH CAROLINA
S/Sergeant James E O'CONNOR Gunner Décédé - MIA - Tablets Cim Am Ardennes Neupre 17043566 - AM+2 - Iowa City, IOWA
S/Sergeant Anthony V D'ALBERTO Gunner Décédé 13127506 - 22 ans - Né le 21/02/1922 - Berwick, PENNSYLVANIA
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFindagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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