Eugene Andrew Lascotte

Military

media-37275.jpeg UPL 37275 SSGT Eugene Andrew Lascotte
Nose Gunner
John Crouchley Crew
485BG - 828th BS
Shot down over Bulgaria 28 June 1944

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Object Number - UPL 37275 - SSGT Eugene Andrew Lascotte Nose Gunner John Crouchley Crew 485BG - 828th BS Shot down over Bulgaria 28 June 1944

Assigned to 828BS, 485BG, 15AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania in B-24 42-52701 28-Jun-44; Shot down by E/A, baled out Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6820/8339

Awards: DFC, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

485th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

828th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Dudley Crouchley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11063665 / O-802172
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52701

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Miss Yankee Rebel
Unit: 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron

Places

Venosa

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Willernie, Minnesota	11 February 1921	Son of Joseph S and Grace B Lascotte.
Enlisted	Minnesota, USA	22 June 1942
Based	Venosa	10 May 1944 - 28 June 1944	Assigned to 828BS, 485BG, 15AF USAAF.
Other Shot Down/Captured	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	28 June 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Bucharest, Romania in B-24 42-52701 28-Jun-44; Shot down by E/A, baled out POW MACR 6820/8339
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Shumen, Bulgaria	28 June 1944	Prisoner of War (POW). Shumen, Bulgaria.
Other Discharged USAAF		14 November 1945	Honorable discharge.
Died	Maplewood, Minnesota	24 June 2001
Enlisted	Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota	27 June 2001	Calvary Cemetery Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA