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Edward Crawford MANCHESTER
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-817992 | ||||||
| AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15 April 1922 Bristol County, MASSACHUSETTS | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | MASSACHUSETTS | ||||||
| FAMILY | |||||||
| RANK | Second Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT |  | ||||||
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| REGIMENT SQUADRON | 507th Fighter Squadron | ||||||
| DIVISION GROUP | 404th Fighter Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 20 August 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Sector Rouen | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
P-47 Thunderbolt - type D-22-RE - s/n 42-25722 Y8*K
Macr : 8410 | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Blosville N°3508
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Edward C. Manchester, Jr. was born in 1922 in Bristol County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Edward C. and Freda E. Manchester. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, 507th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, on June 3rd, 1944, being assigned from HQ squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group. He was Killed in Action on August 20, 1944, while piloting the P-47D 42-25722 'Birdie,' during an armed reconnaissance mission in France. He was shot down in an aerial combat with six FW190 fighters, and his plane crashed into Rouen. 2Lt Manchester is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. | |||||||
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Didier - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Uswarmemorials.org |
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| PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |