Gene Gardner
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 17219
SSGT Gene Gardner
Tail Gunner
Crew #413 - Harry E. Sturdevant Crew
KIA - 10 April 1944 when his B-24 was shot down near Brunswick, Germany
Tail Gunner
Crew #413 - Harry E. Sturdevant Crew
KIA - 10 April 1944 when his B-24 was shot down near Brunswick, Germany
466th BG Historian
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52516 'Virgin Sturgeon', Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751049
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Virgin Sturgeon
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lincoln, ID 83401, USA | 21 June 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Pocatello, ID, USA | 18 February 1943 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
in the vicinity of Münstedt, 31246 Ilsede, Germany | 8 April 1944 | |
Buried |
Idaho Falls, ID, USA | Rose Hill Cemetery Idaho Falls Bonneville County Idaho, USA |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3796 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database