Everett Gause
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled on Action (KIA) on 26-Feb-43 in B-17F 41-24447 'Kickapoo', 91BG/401BS while serving as Rodio Operator on a mission to Wilhelmshave, Germany. The aircraft was shot down and crashed into the North Sea.
Connections
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kickapoo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Tampa, Florida | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 26 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea. His remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 31-May-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey and Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 4830.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3575 / MACR 3575 / 4830, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 80, Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar p. 25 and Roll of Honor Appendix 4 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database