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Missing Air Crew Report 331
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 01 Aug 1943
Edgar C. Faith.
Gunner · Charles "Pat" Murphy Crew · 328th Squadron · Of Denver County, Colorado, CO.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
S/Sgt. Edgar C. Faith served as gunner aboard B-24D serial 42-86897 on the August 1, 1943 Ploesti raid. The aircraft was piloted by Lt. Col. Addison Baker of the 93rd Bomb Group, flying at extremely low altitude over the Ploesti oil refineries.
The aircraft was downed by anti-aircraft fire and crashed and burned in Ploesti at less than 300 feet altitude. Faith was reported as a battle casualty and did not survive. His loss is documented in MACR-331.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Position
Gunner
Serial Number
16070690
Hometown
Denver County, Colorado, CO
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti, Romania
42-86897
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
D 36 20
Burial
D 36 20
Photographs.
2 on file
Read the records.
1 document
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record