Gene P Neville

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media-18912.jpeg UPL 18912 2nd Lt Gene P Neville 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, KIA on the Morlaix disaster in his Mk IX Spitfire.

Object Number - UPL 18912 - 2nd Lt Gene P Neville 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, KIA on the Morlaix disaster in his Mk IX Spitfire.

Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Killed in Action (KIA) 26 September 1942 in Spitfire 1X BS140. Lost on Brest Peninsula, crashed Guingamp, from flak damage.



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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

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Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 15 September 1942 - 26 September 1942 Transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Guingamp, France 26 September 1942 Aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery, Plot I, Row 14, Grave 2

Other

Joined RAFVR

Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Other

Assigned

Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK 15 September 1942 Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Eagles of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons. by Phillip D Caine.

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Eagles of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons. by Phillip D Caine.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Added KIA data and edited burial info.

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Lee Cunningham 28-Oct-2014. Connection to mission within web site data.

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Lee Cunningham 22-Oct-2014 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

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ABMC, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces by Bishop and Hey, p. 32 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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