Eugene Phillip Mench
Military
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UPL 39706
Men of the 96th BG, 339th BS, 3rd div., 45th CBW, Eighth Air Force taken while in training at Ardmore, Oklahoma June-Sept 1944
Left to Right are:
JAMES N. HENTGES (BOMBARDIER)
EUGENE P. MENCH (CO-PILOT)
MONROE S. DAVID (PILOT)
James N Hentges Collection
Left to Right are:
JAMES N. HENTGES (BOMBARDIER)
EUGENE P. MENCH (CO-PILOT)
MONROE S. DAVID (PILOT)
James N Hentges Collection
Removed associations not depicted in the image
POW crashed on 5 Dec 44 near Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-825585
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37485045
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16023186
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-004614
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Green Weenie
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 5 December 1944 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11343 / MACR 11343; Snetterton Falcons, pg 201 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database