Edward Cooper Holdren

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13080



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15170474 / O-828823
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Upper Glade, West Virginia 11 May 1923 Son of Edward Hypes and Lillie Ethel Holdren.

Enlisted

Fort George G Meade, MD 8 April 1944 Fort George G Meade, Maryland

Died

Kamberg, Germany 17 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany KIA MACR 13080

Based

Eye 17 February 1945 Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Greenwood Cemetery Bedford, Bedford County, VA Finally interred Greenwood Cemetery Bedford, Bedford County, VA Alongside his mother.

Buried

Initially re-interred at the Rose family cemetery, Jul-49.