Eugene Cole
Military
Roger Freeman Photo.
Object Number - FRE 522 - Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at...
Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2 x destroyed [Air], 1 x probable [Air] and 1 x destroyed [Ground]. Failed to Return (FTR) area patrol Koblenz in P-51 'Romaine' 44-14792. Engine failed, bellied in near Rosbach on 14-Mar-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13289
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Athens County, OH, USA | 4 December 1917 | Son of Edward Cole. |
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Enlisted |
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA | 20 April 1942 | Columbus, Ohio |
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Based Transferred |
Bottisham | 10 November 1944 - 23 February 1945 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based Re-assigned |
Bottisham | 23 February 1945 - 14 March 1945 | Re-assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Shot down |
53547 Roßbach, Germany | 14 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) area patrol Koblenz in P-51 'Romaine' 44-14792. Engine failed, bellied in near Rosbach on 14-Mar-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13289 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 15 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
23 November 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Enlisted |
20 November 1950 | ||
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Other Discharged USAF |
22 November 1951 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
20 September 1986 | ||
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Other Promotion |
Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
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Based |
Bottisham | 10 November 1944 | Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13289 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
JoCarter: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/30235:
Class Yearbook and 'WWII Victories of the Army Air Force' By Arthur Wyllie
