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SSGT Floyd Foster Edmunds

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SSGT Floyd Foster Edmunds

Birth
Death
17 Jun 1943 (aged 28)
Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA Add to Map
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During a flight from Bolling Field, Washington, DC, to Stewart Field, NY, B-25D Mitchell #41-29869 suffered a wing failure while flying through an intense thunderstorm and crashed six miles north of Newton, New Jersey. All five Army men aboard were killed.


The other airmen were:


1LT Leonard Rand, O-659396, NY, Pilot

2LT Samuel B Hannah III, O-671647, WV, Co-Pilot

TSGT Steve J Sandusky, 20134581, CT

SSGT Floyd F Edmunds, 32255518, NY

CPL Murray Schwartz, 32229133, NY, Radio Operator

During a flight from Bolling Field, Washington, DC, to Stewart Field, NY, B-25D Mitchell #41-29869 suffered a wing failure while flying through an intense thunderstorm and crashed six miles north of Newton, New Jersey. All five Army men aboard were killed.


The other airmen were:


1LT Leonard Rand, O-659396, NY, Pilot

2LT Samuel B Hannah III, O-671647, WV, Co-Pilot

TSGT Steve J Sandusky, 20134581, CT

SSGT Floyd F Edmunds, 32255518, NY

CPL Murray Schwartz, 32229133, NY, Radio Operator



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