Charles Alexander Eakins Jr
Military
Rear L-R: 1Lt Howard V Tollack, 2Lt John E Morrow, Capt Robert W Sheets, 1Lt F.E. Umphress Jr, 1Lt Robert P Bliss
Front L-R: T/Sgt James A Ellis, Sgt Charles A Eakins Jr, Sgt Donald E Skinner, Sgt Carl K Shumar, Sgt Richard L Curry
Object Number - UPL 37247 - "Lead crew on bombing mission to Hertogenbosch, Holland, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Queenie'. England, 17 Sept. 44. 303rd Bomb...
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queenie
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Salt Lake City, UT | 3 April 1923 | Charles A Snr and Irene A [Zimmerman] Eakins. |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 3 February 1943 | |
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Died |
Salt Lake City, UT | 17 April 1994 | |
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Buried |
Murray City Cemetery, Murray, UT | 20 April 1994 | Murray City Cemetery Murray, Salt Lake County, UT |
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Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster