Edward C Kinzler

Military
media-45446.jpeg UPL 45446 1LT Edward C. Kinzler
Pilot
490th BG - 848th BS - 8th AF 466th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 45446 - 1LT Edward C. Kinzler Pilot 490th BG - 848th BS - 8th AF

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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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th 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

Philadelphia, PA 29 January 1922

Other

490th BG Overseas Tour

Eye Airfield, UK 28 April 1944 - 28 November 1944

Died

Nassawadox, VA 15 May 1947 Kinzler was killed in an airplane crash while crop dusting.

Buried

Perkasie, PA 19 May 1947 Kellers Church Union Cemetery Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map Plot New Section B, Lot 3-9

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