Orlin Eugene Covel
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8279
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14134897 / O-764088
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lili of the Lamplight
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Slaterville Springs, NY | 14 September 1922 | Son of Leo Samuel and Mildred [Warren] Covel. |
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Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH | 12 October 1942 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Died |
Schwabach, Germany | 25 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany KIA MACR 8279 |
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Based Interned (INT) |
Horham | 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands | ||
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Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY | Memorialised Woodlawn Cemetery Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database