Edward served as a Major & Pilot on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Connecticut prior to the war.
Edward was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-673071
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, TX
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, NE
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, KS
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NH
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, MO
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, CO
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, CT
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, FL
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, NE
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
B-29 Pilot of the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing
42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – crashed approximately one minute after takeoff from A-7 (Pengshan, Chengdu, China) for the Omura, Japan raid.
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He resided in Connecticut prior to the war.
Edward was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-673071
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, TX
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, NE
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, KS
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NH
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, MO
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, CO
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, CT
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, FL
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, NE
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
B-29 Pilot of the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing
42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – crashed approximately one minute after takeoff from A-7 (Pengshan, Chengdu, China) for the Omura, Japan raid.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Edward served as a Major & Pilot on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Connecticut prior to the war.
Edward was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-673071
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, TX
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, NE
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, KS
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NH
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, MO
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, CO
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, CT
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, FL
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, NE
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
B-29 Pilot of the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing
42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – crashed approximately one minute after takeoff from A-7 (Pengshan, Chengdu, China) for the Omura, Japan raid.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Connecticut prior to the war.
Edward was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-673071
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, NJ
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, TX
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, NE
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, KS
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NH
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, MO
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, CO
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, CT
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, FL
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, AL
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, NE
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
B-29 Pilot of the 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing
42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – crashed approximately one minute after takeoff from A-7 (Pengshan, Chengdu, China) for the Omura, Japan raid.
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