Eugene Amasr Colburn
MilitaryAdded by daughter.
Damaged by fighters and flak enroute on a mission to Schweinfurt, GR and crashed on the return near Amiens, FR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3517 'Happy Warrior'. Evaded (EVD).
Travelling through France with the help of French civilians and Résistance members, he crossed over into Spain on 4 June, reached Gibraltar on 3 July and was flown back to England on 4 July 1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32515125
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Argonaut : Vox Pop II
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Happy Warrior
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: April girl
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 510th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 24 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 11 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
27 February 1921 | ||
Enlisted Evaded |
20 August 1942 - 24 February 1944 | Training Stations: St. Petersburg, Florida- Gulfport, Mississippi- Harlington, Texas- Blythe, California - Dyersburg, Tennessee | |
Other Evaded |
24 February 1944 | Shot down over Germany February 24, 1944. Aircraft 42-3517 on Mission 84, Schweinfurt, Germany- target: Ball Bearing Plant. Missing in action five months. Escaped through French Underground. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 824. | |
Other Discharged |
27 October 1945 | Maxwell Field, Alabama | |
Died |
20 July 2004 |
Revisions
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 824 ( https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5555464 )
WWII Draft Cards
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2773 / MACR 2773, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database