Edmund C Shibble

Military
media-35016.jpeg UPL 35016 Bruckman Crew - December 1944 - Pittsburgh PA:

Front (left to right): John A. Collette; Edmund C. Shibble

Rear (left to right): Byron A. Schlag; Ivan M. Gerwig; Edward "Buddy" Blattner; Charles H. Bruckman; Thomas J. Iveans; John F. Gorman

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Object Number - UPL 35016 - Bruckman Crew - December 1944 - Pittsburgh PA: Front (left to right): John A. Collette; Edmund C. Shibble Rear (left to right): Byron A....

Mid air collision with a 34th BG aircraft. Plane broke apart at the waist Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Scrapiron
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

McKees Rock, Pennsylvania 28 January 1926

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

23 March 1945 - 4 June 1945

Died

13 August 2003

Buried

North Versailles, Pennsylvania, USA 17 August 2003 New Saint Josephs Cemetery

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Put the died date information in the correct field for the event.

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Added a POW event and birth date per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 159346617. Added Died & Burial events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 159346617.

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Changed middle initial per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 159346617.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945/Roll of Honor

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