Eugene Wallace LeVeque

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media-45444.jpeg UPL 45444 S/Sgt Eugene Wallace LeVeque, 368BS, 306BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 45444 - S/Sgt Eugene Wallace LeVeque, 368BS, 306BG.

Assigned 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Dean Allen crew. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get'. Crashed at Budberg. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8464



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-759675
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard T' Get
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Casper, WY 6 November 1921 Son of Edward and Martha Anita [Hill] Le Veque.

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 22 June 1943 San Francisco, California

Based

Thurleigh 7 June 1944 - 26 August 1944 Assigned 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Budberg, Germany 26 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get'. Crashed at Budberg. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8464

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Block D, Row 26, Grave 11

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