Eugene Flautt McCrory Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down near Berlin in B-17 "Lonesome Polecat" 42-31177

He's mentioned in the Book, "Berlin to the Gulf of Mexico, POW 5518 Remembers," by James J. Crooke, Jr.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

12 September 1944

Revisions

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I have this book and it was written by one of the surviving members of the Lonesome Polecat's crew.

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He was my uncle. My family had the medal or medals he was given for being KIA, but I don't remember what they were. And the medal(s) were somehow lost.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8823