Whalen Edmund D.

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Edmund D. Whalen is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Anglo-American Memorial 1939-1945 (4th & 474th Fighter Groups)

Name:

Edmund D. Whalen

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-886143

Unit:

334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-03-06

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Netherlands

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Edmund D. Whalen was born in 1921 in New York. He served in the RAF and was later transferred to the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group in World War II.

His aircraft was hit by debris from an exploding Me110 and crashed east of Helmstedt, Germany, on an escort mission to Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in P-51 43-6630. 1Lt Whales was killed in the incident. He is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands. His name is listed on the Anglo-American Memorial in Saffron Walden in England, but his first name is inscribed as Edward.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.americanairmuseum.com