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USAAF Posthumous Air Medal - British Mosquito Aircraft


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1st Lt Edward J Fitzgerald  
Yonkers, New York
25th Bomb Group
653rd Bomb Squadron
Killed in Action
November 22, 1944
Air Medal w/2OLC
Purple Heart
Lt. Fitzgerald was Co-Pilot/Navigator of a Mosquito weather reconnaissance plane when it crashed in severe weather near Great Cressingham just after takeoff from AAF Station Watton on November 22, 1944. He and the pilot were both killed and the plane completely destroyed.
The 25th Bomb Group was designated as a reconnaissance group flying photo, weather and scouting missions for the 8th Air Force. It suffered few losses and only 84 KIA’s during the war.

 

 

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Thank you! He is indeed buried in Cambridge. This is only the 2nd Air Medal I've seen to a Mosquito crew member. Many years ago I saw one for a Beaufighter member. Didn't get it and it's one of my regrets.

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