Eugene Howard Kirkendall

Military
media-51375.jpeg UPL 51375 Ret. Maj. Eugene H Kirkendall In the beginning. Eugene H Kirkendall

Family

Object Number - UPL 51375 - Ret. Maj. Eugene H Kirkendall In the beginning.

Assigned to 833BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Harry Stroebe crew. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), GC, WWII Victory, American campaign, EAME (4 x Battle Stars), OCC, National Defense, Korean and UN medals.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

Harry Junior Stroebe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16093769 / O-818514
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

White River, SD 28 February 1924 Son of Guy E and Dorothy B Kirkendall.

Other

Discharged USAF

31 October 1963 Honourable discharge.

Died

Spanish Cove, Lillian, AL 4 December 1997

Buried

Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola, Escambia County, FL 8 December 1997 Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida

Based

Sudbury Assigned to 833BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/878587/eugene-howard-kirkendall

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ContributorLori Kirkendall Jones
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Family album

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ContributorLori Kirkendall Jones
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Known. He was my father.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

Eugene Howard Kirkendall: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 51375 - Ret. Maj. Eugene H Kirkendall In the beginning.