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Personal info

Full name
MURPHY, Edward Charles Jr
Date of birth
10 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35370754
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

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
M 19 17

Immediate family

Members
Edward C. Murphy (father)
Hazel R. (Stirling) Murphy (mother)
Sarah J. Murphy (sister)
Rose A. Murphy (sister)
Robert A. Murphy (brother)
John J. Murphy (brother)
Margaret M. Murphy (sister)
Eileen P. Murphy (sister)
Joan B. Murphy (sister)
James R. Murphy (brother)
Patricia M. Murphy (sister)
Janellyn Murphy (sister)
Therese C. Murphy (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-40099
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Hitzacker, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil depots
MACR: 13547

More information

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, Colette M. (Murphy) Davis (niece), www.wwiimemorial.com, Gold Star Veterans, www.ancestry.com - Birth Certificate / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet , Colette M. (Murphy) Davis