Stephen Eppolito
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Adam D via 93rd BG Facebook Page
Object Number - UPL 36747 - Stephen Eppolito
Assigned to 93BG/330BS, B-24 #41-23678 'Big Eagle' while serving as Left Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA) 9-Oct-42. 'Big Eagle' attacked by fighters near Dunkirk on the way to assigned target Lille I/A, France. With direct hits to engine no. 4 and bomb bay area before crashing near Lille. 1 evaded and 3 Prisoner of War (POW)s.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Big Eagle / Bathtub Bessie
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dunkirk, France | 9 October 1942 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters near Dunkirk, France. Aircraft crashed near Lille, France. |
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Buried |
Southern Cemetery, Lille, France | Buried in the Southern Cemetery of Lille, France. After the war neither the grave location nor his remains could be identified and his remains still lie in this cemetery. |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Corrected BG association form PURGE; added KIA event.
Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A.Hey MBE. NARA WWII Enlistment Records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p.37
