Eugene Paul Spencer
Military
Rear L-R: Charles E Garrett, Eugene P Spencer, Alex Lubin, Elvin H Henderson, Eber G Ayers, Aaron P Leibowitz.
Front L-R: Robert C Mooney, James F Gerrits, John D Wilson, Rockly Triantafellu.
Object Number - UPL 47829 - Robert Mooney crew, Lowery Field, Denver, Colorado. 389BG. Rear L-R: Charles E Garrett, Eugene P Spencer, Alex Lubin, Elvin H Henderson, Eber G...
Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; pilot killed by flak, C/P landed A/C in Izmir, Turkey, Interned INT
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME (3 battle stars).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18065787 / O-724635
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hitlers Hearse
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cardinal, KY | 25 June 1922 | Son of John Grover Cleveland and Alice Ross Spencer. |
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Other Interned |
İzmir, Turkey | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'Hitler's Hearse' 42-40544 1-Aug-43; interned Izmir, Turkey. |
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Died |
Mississippi | 4 August 2012 | |
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Based |
Assigned to 567BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 223
