Eugene Wesley Maben Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Corrected typo spelling of name.
Object Number - UPL 26259 - Lt. Eugene W Maben Jr, 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, killed in action 18th October 1943.
Killed in Action (KIA) on18-Oct-43 in P-47D #42-22532 [YF:N], 355FG/359FS. Aircraft last seen spinning at 15,000 feet near Mons, Belgium. Cause not determined, possibly anoxia. Aircraft crashed at Croix-lez-Rouveroy, Belgium. MACR 1050.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 October 1943
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
27 January 1909 | De Leon, Comanche County, Texas | |
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Enlisted |
23 March 1942 | San Antonio, Texas | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
18 October 1943 | Killed when his aircraft entered a spin and crashed at Croix-lez-Rouveroy, Belgium. Cause not determined. | |
| Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas | |||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Eugene Maben rests at Plot A, Row 39, Grave 26. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 1050;
Lee Cunningham 7-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Added SN and KIA event per MACR 1050; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 7-Jul-2015. Flagged as DUPLICATE from original data ingest because last name was included with middle initial. COMBINED into a single entry as Eugene W. Maben, Jr.
MACR 1050 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database