Francis Claude Eberhart

Military
Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room. media-380850.jpg FRE 2045 Edmund F "Misch" Auer, Mayfield R Shilling, Francis C "Eb" Eberhart and Ralph R Searle of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room at Lavenham, 1944.

This photo was probably taken soon after the 487th Bomb Group arrived in England in April 1944. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 2045 - Edmund F "Misch" Auer, Mayfield R Shilling, Francis C "Eb" Eberhart and Ralph R Searle of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron...

33 missions--13 B-24, 20 B-17

Flew on B-24H #42-52763 'Blow Job'



DFC 1C, AM 4C

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Blow Job
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

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Born

Manchester, Iowa 18 April 1918

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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.487thBG.org roster

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

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