Name:
Edward Raphael Gaudet
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-686738
Unit:
514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-29
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France
Plot:
C
Row:
17
Grave:
73
Decoration:
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Edward Raphael Gaudet was born in 1921 in Massachusetts. He served in the 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant during World War II.
A pilot of the P-47 D-5-RE #42-8682, he took off from Station 417 airfield in Ashford, England, on June 29, 1944. He was killed when his aircraft was shot down by an Fw190 at 08:15 and crashed 1 km south of Dreux, France. 1Lt Gaudet is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, francecrashes39-45.net