Edwin Carlton Shirey
MilitaryTook part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40706.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Tondelao
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA | 9 July 1925 | |
Died |
Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia, USA | 13 April 2014 | |
Enlisted |
FT MCPHERSON ATLANTA GEORGIA |