Eugene A Jackson
MilitaryAssigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6975.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Chievious
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wethersfield, CT | 18 September 1918 | Son of Charles Lincoln and Hulda Maria [Skoog] Jackson. |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 24 February 1941 | |
Died |
Memmingen, Germany | 18 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6975. |
Buried |
Buchenburg, Germany | 19 May 1944 | Interred Buchenburg cemetery |
Based |
Sterparone | 18 May 1944 | Assigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT | Re-Interred Spring Grove Cemetery Hartford, Hartford County, CT |
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