Eugene Holley Chandler

Military

Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.

Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10689.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

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

People

George F Freschi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12176628 / O-826906
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6190

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

Celone

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Weakley County, TN 23 February 1924 Son of John Obadiah and Minnie Ethel Holley.

Enlisted

Camp Forrest, TN 2 October 1943 Camp Forrest Tennessee

Died

Adriatic Sea 10 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10689

Born

Dresden, TN Husband of Dorothy [Roney] Chandler.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried

Memorialised New Salem Cemetery Sharon, Weakley County, TN

Based

Celone 10 December 1944 Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.

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