Eugene H Whalen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22257.jpeg UPL 22257 Eugene H Whalen - Davenport, 457th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 22257 - Eugene H Whalen - Davenport, 457th BG, KIA

Wreckage from an ME410 that rammed another B-17 impacted with B-17G #42-31595 causing it to crash SW of Berlin on a mission to Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flying Jenny
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

6 March 1944

Born

Buried

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N per MACR 3197 at Fold3.com. 

SOURCEhttps://www.fold3.com/image/37108995/37108993

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “mission” was misspelled.

Added an Association to “Glatton”, the home base of the 457th BG.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 3197, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 3197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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