The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Bernard B Eder

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Army serial number
O-770987
Rank
2nd Lt. (15 November 1944), 2LT (5 December 1944), 2LT (3 September 1945)
Hometown
SAINT LOUIS MO; St Louis MO
Also written
Bernard Eder
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 61
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
5 December 1944Air Medal48662LT
3 September 1945Distinguished Flying Cross36982LT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

Photographs naming him

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Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 29 · 15 November 1944
AFPRA-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1.
Your
name Bernard Benjamin Eder
Rank 2nd Lt. Serial No. o-767430
815th Sq. 483rd B.Gp. Col. Reardon
Colonel
Maj. . Stanfield Ma jor
2. Organization
Gp Commander
Rank
Sqn CO
Rank
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year
1944
month November . day 15 did you go down?
4.
What was the mission, See Reverse Siderget,
, target
time,
, altitude,
route scheduled,
,route flown
5. Where were you when you left formation?
See Reverse Side
6. Did you bail out?
Yes
7. Did other members of crew bail out? Yes
8.
Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". See Reverse Sfdect
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground?
No Knowlodge
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires)
None
11. Where -ere they in aircraft?
12. What was their condition?
13.
When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed
above? Davis, Earl L., s/sgt. was lest seen by me just before
he bailed out. He was alive and unhurt
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. No direct knowledge
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862, AF

National Archives, MACR 9900, page 29 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

age to Eder's Guy B-17G. He mounted the historic plane part into a plaque and sent it to Eder. He etched on the plaque, Bernard Eder receives a gift from Austria "If this gauge should roam, box it's ears and send it home." Eder now has new friend in Austria. Bernard Eder, pilot in the 815th

Eder, Bernard B in newsletter 201812, page 2. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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