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EDGERTON, Henry Yates Jr - Date of
birth
24 June 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
North Carolina -
Hometown
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-2061656 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 March 1945 - Place of
death
Langenhorst, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 6 | 13 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Henry Y. Edgerton (father)
Minnie L Edgerton (mother)
Jack Edgerton (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-40099 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Hitzacker, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil depots
MACR: 13547
More information
2nd Lt Edgerton graduated from Central High School with the class of 1942 and attended North Carolina State College.In a statement on 19 September 1945, a surviving crew member, 2nd Lt Gottlieb, declared that the airplane was attacked by German jet-propelled fighters over Dömitz. At the time he bailed out of the burning bomber, the interphone had been shot out of commission, and no bail-out order could have been heard anywhere on the plane had one been given. The plane exploded almost immediately after he left it.
Seven crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Two were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Gold Star Veterans, www.cmstory.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, News Print - 19 June 1945, Peter Schouteten