Eugene F Darter
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Image c/o Michael Darter via American Air Museum Memory Book correspondence.
Object Number - UPL 6831 - Staff Sergeant Eugene F Darter of the 95th Bomb Group.
Shot down 16 December 1943 in B-17 #42-30255 'Lonesome Polecat II', KIA. He was 30 years old, an ex-police, undercover officer, and the 'grandfather' to the crew. Plane crashed into North Sea. Seen going into the Wadden Sea.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat II
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 December 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
16 December 1943 | ||
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Born |
Long Beach, California, USA | ||
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Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Texel Island, The Netherlands | 16 December 1943 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1558 / MACR 1558, ABMC, "Gone with the Wind He Said: The Cold Case Search for My MIA Brother" by M.I. Darter, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
