Edwin O Carlson
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 7-Nov-43 as pilot of P-47D 42-7984 [OS:Q] "On The Ball", 355FG357FS when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another P-47 from 335FG P-47 42-8370 in a cloud near Montdidier, France while retuning from a mission to escort B-26s of the 9th Air Force in an attack on German airfields at Montdidier and Meulan, France. The aircraft crashed near Montdidier, France. His remains were never recovered.
NOTE. Roger A. Freeman's "The Mighty Eighth War Diary" had the 355FG as being part of the fighter escort of VIII FC FO-172. However, analysis of the MACRs associated with 355FG losses indicate that the 355FG actually participated in VIII FC FO-173 (flown on the same date) which was escorting B-26s of 9th Air Forces attacking German airfields at Montdidier and Meulan, France. - Lee Cunningham.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: On The Ball
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 7 November 1943
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Akron, Ohio | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
80500 Montdidier, France | 7 November 1943 | Killed in Action when his aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with P-47 42-8370 over France upon returing from escorting B-26s of 9th Air Force. |
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Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 10-Jul-2015. All corrections based on analysis of MACRs documenting 355FG losses on this data. See NOTE in description.
Lee Cunningham 9-Jul-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Add SN and KIS event per MACR 1280; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1280 / MACR 1282 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database