Oliver Thomas Eisenhart
Military ROLL OF HONOURNARA Ref 342-FH-3A10216-61690AC.
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Germersheim in B-17G 43-38689 hit by flak in tail crashed at Roxheim. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11574.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13125275
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chemung County, NY, USA | 22 October 1921 | Son of Gilbert G and Emily [Cleator] Eisenhart. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 29 June 1942 | |
Died |
55595 Roxheim, Germany | 13 January 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Germersheim in B-17G 43-38689 hit by flak in tail crashed at Roxheim. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11574. |
Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horseheads, NY 14845, USA | ||
Based |
Molesworth | 13 January 1945 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold Departement de la Moselle Lorraine, France | ||
Buried |
Horseheads, NY 14845, USA | Memorialised Maple Grove Cemetery Horseheads Chemung County New York, USA |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11574 / MACR 11574, Roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database