Donald E Eastwood
Military
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Sergeant Donald E Eastwood, (Technician Fourth Grade), airplane mechanic, 452nd Bomb Group.
Charles D Taylor collection
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Drafted in August 1942 he was sent to the Boeing factory in Seattle for training on the B-17. He went overseas in January 1944 to join the 452nd BG at Deopham Green in England where he served as Crew Chief maintaining one aircraft at a time. Discharged in September 1945 he returned to the family farm for some years before working for the Iowa Dept. of Transport for 27 years.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Red Oak, Iowa |
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Sources
1999 Unit Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia