Eugene W Engdahl
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Shot down on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 ' Let 'er Rip' 41-24121
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Let Er Rip
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of war |
1 August 1943 | ||
Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Sources
NARA files verified ASN, DFC and AM w/1 oak leaf cluster. His DFC was awarded for the Operation Tidal Wave mission.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 462