Edward Harry Kopsel

Military

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People

Herman Elliott Ernst

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Night Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

42-5547

  • Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
  • Nicknames: Borrowed Time
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, IL 6 April 1924

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 5 September 1942

Other

Aerial Victory

West Sussex, UK 15 July 1944 1 - V1 Buzz Bomb w/ pilot Herman Ernst

Other

Aerial Victory

Belgium 27 November 1944 1 - JU 88 w/ pilot Herman Ernst

Other

Aerial Victory

27 January 1945 1 - JU 88 w/ pilot Herman Ernst unsure of date. Sometime between 23-27 January

Other

Aerial Victories

Germany 2 March 1945 2 - JU 87 w/ pilot Herman Ernst

Died

Greenville, MS 21 July 1954 Captain U.S.A.A.F., WWII Ace, 442nd Night Fighter Squadron, died on transition training flight at Greenville A.F.B. when his Lockheed T-33A jet trainer impacted the ground. Shared credit with Lt. Herman E. Ernst with the first radar intercept kill of a German V-1 "Buzz Bomb" (16 Jul 1944).

Buried

Des Plaines, IL 28 July 1954 Ridgewood Cemetery Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37716703/person/191305…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148199490/edward-harry-kopsel
"V1 Flying Bomb Aces" - Andrew Thomas, page 44
"P-61 Black Widow Aces of World War II" - Warren Thompson, page 87