Name:
John T. Edwards
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
742nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-26
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Hopewell Cemetery, Gleason, Tennessee
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal
Comments:
Born 4 January 1923 in Gleason, Tennessee to Harry Lee Edwards (1897 - 1975) and Rubye Margaret McGee Edwards (1898 - 1986). Co- Pilot of the B-24 G, 42-78240, "Our Love", which took off from near Bari, Italy on a bombing run of a train yard in Bucharest, Romania. Over the target, the plane was struck by anti-aircraft fire and thus fell out of formation and was attacked by five German fighter planes on the return flight, which brought the plane down. Edwards was killed in his seat by maching gun fire from the fighters.