Virgil Everhart

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-32782.jpeg UPL 32782 S/Sgt. Virgil Everhart

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Object Number - UPL 32782 - S/Sgt. Virgil Everhart

Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9636.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18177193 / O-710865
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37706629
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33638093
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11093744 / O-723316
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33554238
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomber's Moon
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 10 September 1919 Son of Hazel Everhart.

Enlisted

Cincinnati, OH, USA 23 June 1942 Cincinnati, Ohio

Died

67480 Edenkoben, Germany 19 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. KIA MACR 9636.

Buried

Baltimore Pike Cemetery Cincinnati OH 13 November 1950 Baltimore Pike Cemetery Cincinnati Ohio

Based

Halesworth 19 October 1944 Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF.
Hamilton County, OH, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9635 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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