Edward W Dwan
MilitaryFrank V. Cotner Crew
466th BG - 784th BS
Standing Left to Right: Ralph J. Fiskow (BTG), H.L. Heafner (LWG), Charles H. Doring (R/O), Edward L. Mount (TG), Robert F. Pipes (FE)
Kneeling Left to Right: Frank V. Cotner (P), Edward W. Dwan (CP), Melvin H. Everding (N), Norman H. Roth (B)
This original 466th BG crew was shot down on their 11th mission, 29 April 1944. Dwan was not on board that day and was replaced by John B. Stuart. Also Robert J. Falk had joined the crew as a waist gunner and was the only man KIA when they were shot down. Pipes and Heafner were evadees. The rest were made POW. 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 803568
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Play Boy
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Michigan, USA | 25 July 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 3 April 1941 | |
Died |
1 January 1967 | ||
Benton Harbor, MI, USA | 1018 Pearl Street | ||
Pipestone, MI, USA |
Revisions
Article from the Sheboygan Press, Michigan 12 Jan 1967 "Search for plane lost"
Article from Benton Harbor News Palladium, Michigan, 19 Jan 1967 "Plane lost on cross-lake flight"
Article from Benton Harbor News Palladium, Michigan, 19 Jan 1967 :Plane lost on Cross-Lake Flight"
Article from Benton Harbor News Palladium, Michigan 20 Dec 1967 "Edward "Bucky" DWAN, 48, was ruled leally dead on 27 Nov 1967, since being missing in a plane crash last Jan 11 in Lake Michigan"
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 345