Robert A Eagan

Military

Killed in Action (KIA). A/C #44-49297 Failed to return from mission behind enemy lines. Carpetbagger mission over Norway, part of Shaw Crew.

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Units served with

A B-24D Liberator 'Carpetbagger' - extensively modified for specialised operations - taxiis on the perimeter track at Harrington airfield. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Carpetbagger B-24D taxiing on the perimeter at Harrington. Photo - "Red" Monaghan.'

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28910

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Old Goat
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

New Orleans, Louisiana 24 April 1925

Died

19 April 1945

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Ancestry .com

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American Battle Monuments Commission

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Combat Chronology, MACR 14191 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia