Eugene R McFadden

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 42-30606 'El Diablo'. Target was Kiel, Germany. With supercharger problems and losing an engine, the pilot aborted the mission and was hit by flak and crashed near Romo Island, in the North Sea.



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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17F Flying Fortress (RD-U, serial number 42-30606) of the 423rd Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group, parked outside a bombed hangar at Wathisham. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boeing B-17F 306th. Wathisham A/F, Suffolk. 8/43. Hangar bombed by Jerries.'

42-30606

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of War

4 January 1944

Born

Brockway, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Found his Service Number on Fold 3

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1681, Losses of 8th AF