Malcom Frank Carl Woodrow Eckleberry
MilitaryMalcom Eckleberry was Ball Turret Gunner on B-17G #42-31050 crashed for unknown reasons (possibly Flak, then enemy fighters...) on the mission to Frankfurt (his fifth) on 29 January 1944. Evaded with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Last hidden in Brussels until the city was liberated at the beginning of September 1944 (EVD). Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2085. His Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Leon E. Levens mentions in his own Escape report that he and Eckleberry were together all the time they were evading in Belgium. See Malcom Eckleberry's page at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fecklebmf.html
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39169219
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
23 October 1912 | Lockwood, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
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Enlisted |
11 August 1942 | in Portland, Oregon | |
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Other Bailed out |
29 January 1944 | of B-17 42-31050 over Belgium | |
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Other landed in parachute |
29 January 1944 | near Gouvy, NE of Houffalize, Belgium | |
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Other evaded capture |
29 January 1944 - 10 September 1944 | Helped by Belgian citizens and Résistance members. Hidden in various places in the country, the last weeks in Brussels. Liberated there together with his Co-Pilot Leon Levens a few days after the city had been liberated by British troops on 3 September 1944. | |
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Died |
1 December 1984 | in Baker City, Oregon | |
| Vancouver, Clark County, Washington State |
Revisions
Corrected first name : Malcom instead of Malcolm...
WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 2085
Own research for his page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fecklebmf.html
MACR 2874 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2874, 8th AF Losses