Eugene Amasr Colburn

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media-20415.jpeg UPL 20415 Eugene A. Colburn

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Object Number - UPL 20415 - Eugene A. Colburn

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

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
  • 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

Places

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

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Escape & Evasion Report E&E 824 ( https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5555464 )
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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

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