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| Elbert Edwards |
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P.O. Box 104, Tornado, WV 25202 |
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| Family Information: |
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Wife: Doris; Children: Michael and Pamela |
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| Hometown: |
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Columbus, OH |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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February 10, 1943 |
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| Service Number: |
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35627577 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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468th |
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| Squadron: |
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794th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Kharagpur, India A-7 (December, 1944) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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9 complete missions, rammed by Japanese fighter on 10th. |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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Multiple, exact number not known. |
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| Targets: |
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Bangkok, Sasebo, Palembang, Anshan, Yawata, Kaifeng, Hangchow, Shanghai, Mukden |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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American Theater Service Medal,Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 Bronze Stars,Good Conduct Medal,Overseas Bar (3),Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster,Distinguished Unit Badge,POW Medal,WWII Victory Medal |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Army AF Technical School, Scott Field, IL Jul 1943; Philco Training, Philadelphia, PA Sep 1943; First Aid/ Radio Mechanic, Madison, WI Sep 1943 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 707-Radio Operator, Mechanic, First Aid |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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T/Sgt |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-6272 Old Campaigner (turned over to another crew in December 1944.) 42-24715 Old Campaigner (rammed on December 21, 1944 over Mukden, Manchuria. My dad was the sole survivor and was a POW in Mukden Manchuria till liberated in August 1945.) |
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| Were you a POW? |
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Yes |
| If so, where? |
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Camp Hoten, Mukden, Manchuria. |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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April 2, 1946 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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USAF Reserve, 4/2/46 to 3/22/49 |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Industrial Engineer |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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| The crew of the "Old Campaigner" December, 1944: from left to right: Capt. Charles C. Benedict, Pilot, Greenough, Montana, West Point, January 1943 , 1st Lt. Robert M. Baer, Co-Pilot, Buffalo, New York , 1st Lt. Warren D. Dailey, Bombardier, Ponca City, Oklahoma , 1st Lt. Tom C. Evans, Navigator, Los Angeles, California (Evans and Dailey were married to twin sisters) , 1st Lt. Jack L. Roberts, Radar Operator, Leadville, Colorado , 1st Lt. Arthur R. Mahoney, Flight Engineer, Arlington, Massachusetts , T/Sgt. Carl L. Drummond, Tail Gunner, Canyon, Texas , S/Sgt. Stanley J. Berger, Left Gunner, Jersey City, New Jersey , S/Sgt. Elbert L. Edwards, Radio Operator, Columbus, Ohio , S/Sgt. Charles A. Varsafsky, Senior Gunner, Trafford, Pennsylvania , S/Sgt. Elmer Jelgerhuis, Right Gunner, Edgerton, Minnesota. |
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