Historical records matching SSgt Edward John Girman
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About SSgt Edward John Girman
On December 1, 1943 S/Sgt Girman was a gunner of B-24D #42-73055 serving with the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. They were part of a formation of B-24s on a bombing mission to Insein, Burma, near Rangoon. Fierce enemy opposition of anti-aircraft fire and fighter planes was encountered. Girman's plane, along with four others, was shot down during the air battle. Girman was killed.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Because his body was not recovered, he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing.
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Хронология SSgt Edward John Girman
1920 |
7 марта 1920
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Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, United States (США)
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1943 |
1 декабря 1943
Возраст 23
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Myanmar (Burma) (Мьянма)
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