Gaudet Edward Raphael

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Edward Raphael Gaudet is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

RAF Ashford American Roll of Honor - 406th Fighter Group

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:

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Grave:

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