Arthur John Egan

Military

Entered service at Ft. Snelling, MN 2 November 1942. Joined 392nd BG March 1944. Rank at end of WW II was S Sergeant. Charles Bell's crew.



Shot down on 20 June 1944. 23rd mission ended in Sweden. Discharged October 1945. On B-24 "Tondelayo" 42-50343.



DFC/ AM w/ 3Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-109789

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-50343

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Born

Savage, Minnesota 11 May 1928

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MACR 6154

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self/ MACR 6154, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 3 pg 643 & page 258 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION, D790.A2S45, 1998 edition