Eugene H Evans
MilitaryAccording to his widow Margaret, Eugene enlisted at 18 in Louisiana.
Eugene Evans was Right Waist Gunner on a mission to Bizerte, Tunisia on 18 December 1942 and survived the crash-landing of B-17 Serial 42-5715, shot down by German fighters over Tunisia. The Co-Pilot and three other crew members were killed. No Missing Air Crew Report for the loss. In her short relation of her husband's sercice, Margaret says his neck had been broken in the North African crash and that he flew other missions after recuperating.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6147552
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18051921 at enlistment, then O-436529
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34249492
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
![Sergeant Fredrick Wilson, a tail gunner of the 97th Bomb Group, in position inside a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: Passed for publication 25 Jul 1942' [crossed out stamp], 'Not to be published 25 Jul 1942.' [stamp], 'Reveiwed and passed for publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp],'AIR(BOEING)' [written annotation], 'Associated Press.' [stamp] and '212087.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYING FORTRESSES WAIT FOR ZERO HOUR Associated Press photo shows: Hardly visible as he](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379312.jpg.webp?itok=77zH9kVk)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Florida, United States | 21 March 1923 | to Charles Allison Evans and Era Alice (Windham) Evans |
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Enlisted |
Louisiana, United States | 16 June 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other |
near Bizerte, Tunisia | 18 December 1942 | survived the crash-landing of B-17 42-5715 |
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Died |
Baytown, Harris County, Texas, United States | 17 August 1992 | |
| Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States | |||
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Buried |
Cedar Crest Cemetery, Baytown, Texas, United States |
Revisions
Oral History Interview at https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884729/?q=Evans
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
US Censuses 1930 and 1940