Eugene S Mettler

Military

Prisoner of War. Shot down by flak and crashed at Hamburg on 8/6/44 in B-24 'Flak Magnet' 41-29373.



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Monster, Flak Magnet
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 467th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron 788th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

6 August 1944

Born

Des Moines, Iowa

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7378 & Watts book p137