Edward J Kruer
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 11-Dec-42 in P-47D 42-8606, 56FG/61FS when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with P-47D 42-7967 over the North Sea while on a mission to provide escort to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany. Both aircraft crashed into the North Sea and both pilots were killed
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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
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, AM Begraafplaats 1, 6269 NA Margraten | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 11 December 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision wiht P-47D 42-7967, 56FG/61FS while on a mission to escort bombers attacking at Emden, Germany |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 24-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monumnet Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; 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 1536 / MACR 1536, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 416 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list