Eugene Walter Nadrasik
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 64539
UPL 64539
2nd Lt Eugene W. Nadrasik
Eugene Walter Nadrasik
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Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 7 x combat missions. Crashed, exploded and burned 5-Jan-45 in assembly ship B-24 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham after taking off in a snowstorm to lead the assembly of the group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-463894
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rage In Heaven
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Toledo, OH | 12 September 1923 | Son of Walter J and Gertrude [Bambrys] Nadrasik. |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 9 November 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
Died |
Swaffham, UK | 5 January 1945 | Crashed, exploded and burned in assembly ship B-24 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham Killed in Action (KIA) |
Based |
North Pickenham | 5 January 1945 | Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Toledo, Lucas County, OH | Calvary Cemetery Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio |
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Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia