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Personal info

Full name
RAYMER, Edward Henry
Date of birth
4 June 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Hometown
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
O-743686
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
572nd Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 April 1944
Place of death
English Channel 2 miles off Calais, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Henry Raymer (father)
Natalie (Kraft) Raymer (mother)
Helen Raymer (sister)
Harold Raymer (brother)
Roy Raymer (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95837
Data
Type: B-26B50
Destination: Sangatte, France
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 4027

More information

2nd Lt Edward H. Raymer graduated from Lincoln High School in 1932 and was employed at Safeway Stores.

He was sent overseas in March 1944.

I saw a burst of flak hit no. 6 airplane, second box, under the nose wheel, about 15 feet below the airplane. The airplane still intact, nosed over in a dive. I followed the airplane half way down and than our plane banked away and I lost sight of the airplane. Later, I saw an oil slick where the airplane hit the water. I did not see any parachutes or dinghies. Statement by S/Sgt Jack C. Petrie.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com, The Nebraska State Journal 14 June 1943-8 May 1944 / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: FOHF, The Nebraska State Journal 8 May 1944, Lincoln High School 1932