Eugene Frederick Gardner

Military

Damaged by flak on a mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, GR on 18 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31871 headed toward Switzerland and crash landed at Dubendorf airfield. Interned (INT).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31871

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Elwood, Indiana, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany 18 March 1944

Revisions

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MAC 3485, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / MACR 3485 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database