Wilbert Everett Eason

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Radio operator, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. Sgt Eason had left his radio to man the top turret guns after S/Sgt Beach was wounded. After he bailed out, his body was found by the Dutch underground. They observed his parachute trailing but never fully opening. Killed in Action (KIA).

North Carolina

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Harry Fong Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39392226
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James Russel Settle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745527
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Henry Dow Steele

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804531
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Paul O Welch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34601244
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Killed in Action (KIA)

12 January 1944 - 30 January 1944 Originally assigned to the 535th BS and transferred the same day to the 533rd BS.

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Killed in Action

Netherlands 30 January 1944

Born

North Carolina, USA

Buried

Plot H Row 10 Grave 3

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2244, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2244 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database