Edward William Spedding
Military ROLL OF HONOURAll information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Misburg in B-24 42-109815;
Killed in Action (KIA) 4-Nov-44 MACR 10359
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36426033 / O-706050
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pulask, New York, USA | 15 April 1922 | Son of William and Flora M [Smith] Spedding. |
Enlisted |
Syracuse, NY | 21 August 1942 | Syracuse, New York |
Other Married |
Chico, CA | 30 October 1942 | Married Mary Elizabeth Hogan. |
Died |
Off Wilhelmshaven | 4 November 1944 | |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hardwick | 4 November 1944 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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ABMC MACR 10359 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10359 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database