Eugene Herbert Snavely
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 674 - Group Commander Colonel Eugene H. Snavely carves the roast at the base of the 44th Bomb Group at Shipdham, Norfolk, 1944.
8th Air Force, G-3 Staff, September 1942
Operations Officer, 44th Bomb Group from January 1943 to July 1943.
Commanding Officer, 492nd Bomb Group from 26 January 1944 to 12 August 1944
Commanding Officer 44th Bomb Group from 15-Aug-1944 to 13-April-1945.
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![Colonel Leon W. Johnson of the 44th Bomb Group after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '138/RF, WD 140. B/G Leon Johnson with Medal of Honor 22 Nov 1943.' On reverse: Sport & General [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407959.jpg.webp?itok=HH75weDN)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (14th Combat Bomb Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-16429
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Pilot - Commanding Officer 44th
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Eighth Air Force
- Service Numbers: 31242424
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Eighth Air Force
- Service Numbers: 32191178
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-350379
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group Headquarters (100th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-21633
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
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Revisions
2017-07-07 information from duplicate AAM File https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/61356 was consolidated with this file.
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942-1945, Russell Strong
UPL 29024
Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014. http://www.usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/44bg.HTM
14th Combat Bombardment Wing (H) by William B. Taylor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia