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Personal info

Full name
GULLAGE, Edmund Jr
Date of birth
19 May 1905
Age
38
Place of birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32325120
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
360th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 June 1943
Place of death
Borgsweer, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 13 9

Immediate family

Members
Edmund Gullage (father)
Le Etta M. (Ford) Gullage (mother)
Virginia A. (Killebrew) Gullage (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5390
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: The Avenger
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the shipyards

More information

Because the primary target at Hamburg was obscured by clouds, scattered attacks were made on targets of opportunity in northwest Germany.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters. Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, seven men were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / Family Tree/ Maine, Naturalization Records / Edmund Gullage Sr. / Family Tree / 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy “Hell’s Angels” Mission Report 044, 25 June 1943

Photo source: Wendy Lensink, 303 Bomb Group