Edward Raymond Mitchell
Military ROLL OF HONOUREdward Mitchell served as a pilot with the 67th Bomb Squadron of the 44th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Shipdham, England.
Interned in Turkey. Shot down on 1-Aug-43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Horse Fly' 42-40267.
On 18-Nov-43, he was shot down flying B-24 41-29139 and Killed in Action (KIA). Plane crashed into North Sea.
Awards: SS, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34267452
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39389081
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-7466482
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095162
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Sioux City, Iowa | 25 February 1919 | Son of Arthur Charles and Ida Mae [Limbach] Mitchell. |
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Other Interned in Turkey |
1 August 1943 | ||
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Other Transferred from 67th Bomb Squadron |
6 October 1943 | ||
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Died |
North Sea | 18 November 1943 | Shot down 18-Nov-43 in B-24 41-29139. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in action (KIA). |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd; MACR 1381, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219; 44th Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs, pg 22