Ivan Wayne Eveland

Military

Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-37770 'Flak Rat', Evaded (EVD).



Retired as Colonel, USAF

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296488.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of

42-37770

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missoula, Montana 18 May 1916

Other

Evaded

31 December 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 1871 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 1871,

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