Evert Dean McMonigle
Military ROLL OF HONOURTaken from family archives and other family contacts
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4574.
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075947 / O-811604
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39907604
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16013911
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Marland, Noble County, Oklahoma, United States | 22 May 1923 | Son of Porter and Bertha Lee [Wright] McMonigle. |
Other Killed in action |
Sehlem, near Hildesheim, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574 |
Buried |
Sehlem, Germany | 9 May 1944 | in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany |
Based |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium Plot B Row 38 Grave 8 |
Revisions
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https://www.abmc.gov/node/548802
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https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=100584
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9631295/evert-dean-mcmonigle
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574; Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945