Eugene T Russell
Military
photo provided by Tina Russell Lapides, daughter of Eugene T. Russell
Object Number - UPL 40420 - Gene Russell; Navigator; 95th Bombardment Group
Eugene T. Russell (Gene Russell) was deployed overseas in August 1944 and was assigned to the 95th Bombardment Group in Suffolk, England (Horham / Station 119) until the war’s end in May 1945. He flew 29 combat sorties in the B-17 Flying Fortress. He was designated a “Lead Navigator” for his bomb group early on in his tenure at Horham.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Revisions
Gene Russell is still alive at age 100 and resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Source for this information is interviews by his daughter, Christina Russell Lapides and various portions of the website of the 95th BG.
Gene Russell is still alive at age 100 and lives in Albuquerque New Mexico. His daughter, Tina Russell Lapides, garnered the updated information in October 2019 from her father. Sortie/mission data is from the website of the 95th Bomb group.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php
