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Edward H. Rushmore attended Harvard University.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Boston, Massachusetts, on 24 November 1942.

Statement from Capt Bruce W. Carr, who flew in the same mission: "I was leading white Flight on an armed recco in the vicinity of Linz when we saw an airdrome at Eferding and went down to strafe. My flight made the pass on the field from West to East doing 450 mph at minimum altitude. 1st Lt Edward H. Rushmore, leading the second element of my flight, came in at 20-degree angle to me, and I instructed him to turn away from me a little because shots from his guns were coming pretty close. Lt Rushmore turned a little and then flew tight formation with me. There were 4 flak guns at the east end of the field. Shots from one of these flak guns hit Lt Rushmore's aircraft just ahead of the airscoop under the cockpit. More shots then hit in the left wing root tearing a big hole in the left wing. Lt Rushmore's a/c then made a very slowing turn to the left, rolled over, and went straight in about two miles from the airdrome, exploding as it hit. I did not see Lt Rushmore bail out, and I believe he was hit in the cockpit because he did not answer me when I called him on the R/T right after I saw his ship get hit by flak."