Eugene Finch Aldridge
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Crash landed in a field near East Shropham due to the props on two engines running away on form-up for a mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-30188 'Temptation'. RTD. Failed to Return Brux, Czech shot down 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97654. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4861.
Awards: SS, AM (2OLC), 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 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16042154 / O-661944
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32026680 / O-742758
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Toledo, Ohio, USA | 14 April 1920 | Son of Percy Leroy and Jemima Ferne [Otto] Aldridge. |
Enlisted |
Fort Harrison State Park, 6000 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA | 4 March 1942 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN. |
Died |
Most, Czechia | 12 May 1944 | Failed to Return Brux, Czech shot down 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97654. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4861. |
Based |
Snetterton Heath | 12 May 1944 | Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4861 / MACR 4861, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database