Hazen Dale Eastman

Military

Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Paul Wideman Arthaud

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17098411 / O-817371
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Everett Curtis Baird

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39129807
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Edwin J Irwin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17154828
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Charles David Kline

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13070469
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert Frank Kruse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32674261
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-52738

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wilson
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Johnstown, ND 22 May 1923

Enlisted

Geiger Field, Spokane, WA 3 July 1942 Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington

Died

Mendlesham, UK 7 June 1944 Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

8 June 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 4 Grave 55
Idaho, USA Entered service from Idaho.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310762456
https://www.fold3.com/image/608169245
https://www.fold3.com/record/84941202-hazen-d-eastman
https://www.fold3.com/record/529897142-hazen-d-eastman
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/b24s/42-52738.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139499064/hazen-dale-eastman

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop & Hey p. 344, ABMC