Eugene Weisser

Military
media-40629.jpeg UPL 40629 Honey crew - Bob Harper (UpperLeft), Gene Wiser (Weisser?) (Navigator) UR, Joe Pearce (pilot) LR, Yolowski (Yolofski?) (bomabdier) LLeft

Jim Harper, son of Robert H. Harper

Object Number - UPL 40629 - Honey crew - Bob Harper (UpperLeft), Gene Wiser (Weisser?) (Navigator) UR, Joe Pearce (pilot) LR, Yolowski (Yolofski?) (bomabdier) LLeft

35 missions over Germany during 6-12/44. Was on board 42-38159 on his 33rd mission which was shot down over Merseberg on November 21 but limped back on one engine to Belgium and all parachuted to safety. Aircraft pancaked, crewless, into a field and was repaired and recovered back to England



AM 4 Oak Leaf Cluster; DFC

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38159

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Colonel Bub
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12 February 1922

Revisions

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updated bio and key image

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx

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

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