Edgar Roy Eshleman Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) in B-24 'Four-Five-time' 41-28820 near Frankfurt.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-28820

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

West Chester, Pennsylvania 30 June 1924

Other

Killed in action

11 December 1944

Buried

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
WWW.491st.org roster;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=edgar&middlename=&…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11335