Oscar Laddie Edge
MilitaryOscar Edge was Radio Operator/Gunner on B-17 #42-97564 when it was shot down 20 July 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). Oscar Edge re-enlisted in the Air Corps in November 1945 and stayed in the USAF until his retirement as a Captain on 1 April 1964.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694318
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38372191
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39559984
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15335693
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
22 September 1922 | Holtville, Imperial County, California | |
Enlisted |
21 December 1942 | Los Angeles, California | |
Other Force-landed |
20 July 1944 | of B-17 42-97564 Between Chaam and Baarle-Hertog, South of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant Province, The Netherlands | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 July 1944 | immediately arrested and interned at Stalag Luft 4 (Gross Tychow / Tychowo). NARA WWII POW records :"Returned to Military Control 27 May 1946 (sic)." | |
Other Re-enlisted |
21 November 1945 | as a T/Sgt in the Air Corps at Hamilton Field, California | |
Died |
21 March 1999 | ||
Buried |
12 April 1999 | Oscar Edge rests at the Arlington Cemetery, Virginia | |
Arlington, Riverside County, California |
Revisions
MACR 7414
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWI POW records
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database