Price, Edward Lyle

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Price, Edward Lyle ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	39547218 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #52 dated 18 March 1944, effective 18 March 1944.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
MOS	757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date	13 April 1944
Results	Evaded Capture
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 13 April 1944 per General Orders #70, Headquarters U.S. Strategic Air Forces dated 29 September 1944.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 12 August 1916 Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #56 dated 24 March 1944. Promoted to Technical Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #66 dated 7 April 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3873⇓ (61.433 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 1907⇓ (Filesize N/A)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 9 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
76⇗	18 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑38158⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing. Sortie Report⇗
78⇗	20 March 1944	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
79⇗	22 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
80⇗	23 March 1944	Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
82⇗	26 March 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France	Radio Operator	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
83⇗	27 March 1944	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France	Radio Operator	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit 94 Group. Sortie Report⇗
84⇗	28 March 1944	Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France	Radio Operator	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97237⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑97274⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by direct flak burst in left wing tanks at 1545 hrs on the return from attacking the target; large holes were seen in #1 and #2 engines whereupon the plane exploded in mid-air; crashed near Fouleng, Belgium. MACR 3873. Sortie Report⇗

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