42-8513 Eager Beaver
Shot down on the 14 October 1943 escort mission to Schweinfurt. Pilot Dwight Fry managed to evade with the help of the Belgian COMET evasion network - www.evasioncomete.be
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19061215 and O-732214
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Budel, Noord-Brabant Province, The Netherlands | 14 October 1943 | Shot down by Fw190, crashed near Budel (NL), near the Belgian border |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 904
Escape & Evasion report E&E 360
Research for the www.evasioncomete.org website
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 904 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database