World War II Honoree

Morris D. Edwards

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cuyohoga County, Ohio

Honored By

Tim Ketchum

TAIL GUNNER, B-17G AIRCRAFT, 342ND BOMB SQUADRON, 97TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 15TH AIR FORCE. ON 28 APRIL 1944 AS THE LEAD PLANE IN THE SQUADRON FLYING OUT OF FOGGIA, ITALY, THE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY FLAK BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN NORTHERN ITALY. HE WAS HEARD SAYING OVER THE INTERCOM THAT HE HAD BEEN HIT. HE DID NOT BAIL OUT WHEN THE PLANE WENT DOWN. HE IS BURIED AT THE SICILY-ROME AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY IN NETTUNO, ITALY.