2LT Edward Fitzgerald Connolly (1918-1943)

2LT Edward Fitzgerald Connolly Veteran

Birth

1 Nov 1918

Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA

Death

16 Sep 1943 (aged 24)

France

Burial

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map

Plot

A Row 18 Grave 5

Memorial ID

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Brother of Clarence Connolly who resided in Dubuque, Iowa.

Edward served as a Second Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-17 #42-29901, 526th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Dubuque County, Iowa prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 23, 1942 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents.

B-17 #42-29901 took off from Kimbolton, England on a bombing mission to Nantas, France. They were hit by an aerial bomb dropped by a German fighter plane and crashed near Nantas, France during the war.

Edward was "Killed In Action" in this attack.

He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.

Service # O-733280

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Airmen who perished on B-17 #42-29901:

Brown, Leonard M ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, OH

Connolly, Edward F ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IA

Euwer, Walter C ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MD

Evans, Sten A R ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NH

Hamilton, Louis A ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, MI

Hart, Clifford M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, WA

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Airmen who became POW's from B-17 #42-29901:

Blatchford, Samuel N ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator

Held, Alfred D ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner

Koval, Cyril G ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner

Schroder, Elmer W ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner

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Bio & Crew Report by:

Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Also see obituary in the Dubuque (IA) Telegraph Herald, November 2, 1943, page 5, columns 1 - 2

Brother of Clarence Connolly who resided in Dubuque, Iowa.

Edward served as a Second Lieutenant & Bombardier on B-17 #42-29901, 526th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Dubuque County, Iowa prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 23, 1942 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents.

Edward was "Killed In Action" in this attack.

He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.

Service # O-733280

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Airmen who perished on B-17 #42-29901:

Brown, Leonard M ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, OH

Connolly, Edward F ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IA

Euwer, Walter C ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MD

Evans, Sten A R ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NH

Hamilton, Louis A ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, MI

Hart, Clifford M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, WA

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Airmen who became POW's from B-17 #42-29901:

Blatchford, Samuel N ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator

Held, Alfred D ~ S/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner

Koval, Cyril G ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner

Schroder, Elmer W ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Bio & Crew Report by:

Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Also see obituary in the Dubuque (IA) Telegraph Herald, November 2, 1943, page 5, columns 1 - 2