Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 04 Nov 1944
Edward W. Spedding.
Co-Pilot · 409th Squadron · Of NY.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt Edward W. Spedding served as co-pilot aboard B-24J 42-109618 on the mission of 4 November 1944. He was reported MIA and annotated K/A on the MACR cover sheet.
German records confirm the aircraft came down in the Jadebusen tidal flats north of Wilhelmshaven; crew members not recovered from the wreck were reported drowned.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Co-Pilot
Serial Number
O-767677
Hometown
NY
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · 04 Nov 1944 — 09 Oct 1944
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.
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Netherlands American Cemetery
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record