Bruce A Eddy

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26597.jpeg UPL 26597 Flight Officer Bruce A. Eddy flew with the 351st Fighter Squadron/353rd Fighter Group from Jan. 1945 until March 21, 1945.
Eddy was based in Raydon AF, Suffolk, England. He was thought killed in action on March 21, 1945, but later discovered POW and survived the war. Billy J Murray collection

From the personal effects of Lt. Billy J. Murray

Object Number - UPL 26597 - Flight Officer Bruce A. Eddy flew with the 351st Fighter Squadron/353rd Fighter Group from Jan. 1945 until March 21, 1945. Eddy was based in Raydon...

Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Achmer A/D Germany in P-51D 'Lil Boston Bull' 44-14569. Thought KIA crashed near Krefeld on 21-Mar-45, but later liberated Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13955.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14188861 /O-827353
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot with the 353rd , 351st fighter squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Ordnance and Armament Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16136319 / T-62611 / O-2000298
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11025538 / O-758938
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11055939 / O-800470
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Lil Boston Bull
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Endicott, NY 13760, USA 3 August 1922 Son of Robert F and Margaret M Eddy.

Enlisted

Binghamton, NY, USA 2 October 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 21 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out

Krefeld, Germany 21 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Achmer A/D Germany in P-51D 'Lil Boston Bull' 44-14569. Crashed near Krefeld on 21-Mar-45 POW MACR 13955.

Died

Syracuse, NY, USA 21 July 2008

Based

Raydon 21 March 1945 Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

3997 Old Vestal Rd, Vestal, NY 13850, USA Vestal Hills Memorial Park Vestal Broome County, NY

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13955 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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