Name: Edward A Gisburne Jr
Service ID: 31271201
Inducted From: Massachusetts
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Combat Organization: 44th Bomber Squadron 40th Bomber Group
Death Date: 26 May 1945
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Additional Army Awards
JAPAN: (Mission 183) During the night of 25-26 May, 464 B-29's dispatched from the XXI BC attack Tokyo urban areas immediately south of the Imperial Palace and just north of that bombed on 23-24 May with 3262 tons of incendiary bombs which destroyed financial, commercial and governmental districts as well as factories and homes; six B-29's attack other targets. Twenty-six B-29's are lost (the largest loss of B-29's and crews in a single day).
42-65269 40th BG SQDN 44 - MACR 14508, #17, Maj Ronald A Harte's Crew Pathfinder on fire raid hit by flak, 10 MIA, 1 POW Lost on May25/26 Tokyo Japan.
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This account by S/Sgt. Dale L. Johnson POW - Liberated tells us of the fate of their crew and plane on this mission. Johnson was the only member of the B-29 crew to survive.
"On the mission of the 25 May, 1945, everything was going fine 'til we got near Tokyo where we made our turn toward the target. Our altitude was pretty low, we all thought. The searchlights started to pick us up. We could have read a newspaper in the gunners compartment. We had dropped our bombs before we were hit. I think we were hit by anti-aircraft. There was no communication from any crew members after we were hit. The plane had a big hole near my position (Right Gunner), and I felt it was falling so I rolled out the hole, waited a few seconds and pulled the rip cord on my chute. That was the last I saw of any members of my crew. I landed on the edge of a bay or lake."
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Edward A Gisburne Jr
Name: Edward A Gisburne Jr
Birth Year: 1916
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Norfolk
Enlistment Date: 19 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Boston
Branch: USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 65 Weight: 117
Service ID: 31271201
Inducted From: Massachusetts
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Combat Organization: 44th Bomber Squadron 40th Bomber Group
Death Date: 26 May 1945
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Additional Army Awards
JAPAN: (Mission 183) During the night of 25-26 May, 464 B-29's dispatched from the XXI BC attack Tokyo urban areas immediately south of the Imperial Palace and just north of that bombed on 23-24 May with 3262 tons of incendiary bombs which destroyed financial, commercial and governmental districts as well as factories and homes; six B-29's attack other targets. Twenty-six B-29's are lost (the largest loss of B-29's and crews in a single day).
42-65269 40th BG SQDN 44 - MACR 14508, #17, Maj Ronald A Harte's Crew Pathfinder on fire raid hit by flak, 10 MIA, 1 POW Lost on May25/26 Tokyo Japan.
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This account by S/Sgt. Dale L. Johnson POW - Liberated tells us of the fate of their crew and plane on this mission. Johnson was the only member of the B-29 crew to survive.
"On the mission of the 25 May, 1945, everything was going fine 'til we got near Tokyo where we made our turn toward the target. Our altitude was pretty low, we all thought. The searchlights started to pick us up. We could have read a newspaper in the gunners compartment. We had dropped our bombs before we were hit. I think we were hit by anti-aircraft. There was no communication from any crew members after we were hit. The plane had a big hole near my position (Right Gunner), and I felt it was falling so I rolled out the hole, waited a few seconds and pulled the rip cord on my chute. That was the last I saw of any members of my crew. I landed on the edge of a bay or lake."
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Edward A Gisburne Jr
Name: Edward A Gisburne Jr
Birth Year: 1916
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Norfolk
Enlistment Date: 19 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Boston
Branch: USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 65 Weight: 117
Name: Edward A Gisburne Jr
Service ID: 31271201
Inducted From: Massachusetts
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Combat Organization: 44th Bomber Squadron 40th Bomber Group
Death Date: 26 May 1945
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Additional Army Awards
JAPAN: (Mission 183) During the night of 25-26 May, 464 B-29's dispatched from the XXI BC attack Tokyo urban areas immediately south of the Imperial Palace and just north of that bombed on 23-24 May with 3262 tons of incendiary bombs which destroyed financial, commercial and governmental districts as well as factories and homes; six B-29's attack other targets. Twenty-six B-29's are lost (the largest loss of B-29's and crews in a single day).
42-65269 40th BG SQDN 44 - MACR 14508, #17, Maj Ronald A Harte's Crew Pathfinder on fire raid hit by flak, 10 MIA, 1 POW Lost on May25/26 Tokyo Japan.
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This account by S/Sgt. Dale L. Johnson POW - Liberated tells us of the fate of their crew and plane on this mission. Johnson was the only member of the B-29 crew to survive.
"On the mission of the 25 May, 1945, everything was going fine 'til we got near Tokyo where we made our turn toward the target. Our altitude was pretty low, we all thought. The searchlights started to pick us up. We could have read a newspaper in the gunners compartment. We had dropped our bombs before we were hit. I think we were hit by anti-aircraft. There was no communication from any crew members after we were hit. The plane had a big hole near my position (Right Gunner), and I felt it was falling so I rolled out the hole, waited a few seconds and pulled the rip cord on my chute. That was the last I saw of any members of my crew. I landed on the edge of a bay or lake."
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Edward A Gisburne Jr
Name: Edward A Gisburne Jr
Birth Year: 1916
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Norfolk
Enlistment Date: 19 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Boston
Branch: USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 65 Weight: 117
Service ID: 31271201
Inducted From: Massachusetts
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Combat Organization: 44th Bomber Squadron 40th Bomber Group
Death Date: 26 May 1945
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Additional Army Awards
JAPAN: (Mission 183) During the night of 25-26 May, 464 B-29's dispatched from the XXI BC attack Tokyo urban areas immediately south of the Imperial Palace and just north of that bombed on 23-24 May with 3262 tons of incendiary bombs which destroyed financial, commercial and governmental districts as well as factories and homes; six B-29's attack other targets. Twenty-six B-29's are lost (the largest loss of B-29's and crews in a single day).
42-65269 40th BG SQDN 44 - MACR 14508, #17, Maj Ronald A Harte's Crew Pathfinder on fire raid hit by flak, 10 MIA, 1 POW Lost on May25/26 Tokyo Japan.
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This account by S/Sgt. Dale L. Johnson POW - Liberated tells us of the fate of their crew and plane on this mission. Johnson was the only member of the B-29 crew to survive.
"On the mission of the 25 May, 1945, everything was going fine 'til we got near Tokyo where we made our turn toward the target. Our altitude was pretty low, we all thought. The searchlights started to pick us up. We could have read a newspaper in the gunners compartment. We had dropped our bombs before we were hit. I think we were hit by anti-aircraft. There was no communication from any crew members after we were hit. The plane had a big hole near my position (Right Gunner), and I felt it was falling so I rolled out the hole, waited a few seconds and pulled the rip cord on my chute. That was the last I saw of any members of my crew. I landed on the edge of a bay or lake."
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Edward A Gisburne Jr
Name: Edward A Gisburne Jr
Birth Year: 1916
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Norfolk
Enlistment Date: 19 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Boston
Branch: USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 65 Weight: 117
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