Eugene Cantrell
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Newspaper Clipping
Object Number - UPL 45409 - 2nd Lt Eugene Cantrell, 412BS, 95BG.
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 42-97797 'Full House'16-Aug-44. Flak hit caused mid-air collision, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8175
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-442510
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Etowah, McMinn County, TN | 3 June 1920 | Son of James Walter and Fannie Bell [Slack] Cantrel. |
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Enlisted |
Knoxville, TN | 3 September 1942 | Knoxville, Tennessee |
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Died |
Rehmsdorf, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 42-97797 'Full House'16-Aug-44. Flak hit caused mid-air collision, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Germany. KIA MACR 8175 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horham | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 21 Grave 26 |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8175 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
