Edward Charles Congro was born in 1921. He served in the US Air Corps as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner of an aircraft during World War II. He was aboard the B-29 42-6286 "Praying Mantis" of the 58th Bomb Wing when he died. They were returning from a mission to Yawata, Japan on Aug 20, 1944 and disappeared.

Years later, a Chinese team hiked up a local mountain and found the remains of the crew and plane. Artifacts from the wreck were transported to the US and donated to the New England Air Musuem in Hartford, CT where they are on permanent display. The cause of the wreck was determined to be a lack of fuel, and poor visibility which caused them to crash into the mountain.

Edward is now buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA in a common grave with his crew. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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