Name | Wilson, Eugene Theodore ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / Captain |
Serial Number | O-795327 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, effective 1 February 1943. |
Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 10 January 1945 |
Results |
Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 11578⇓ (6.263 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Wilson, Eugene Theodore | Navigator | MIA |
2nd Lt. Kinney, William Brownie⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
S/SGT. Carroll, George Henry⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Estes, Lloyd Stack⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | WIA |
S/SGT. Thurman, Fillman Clifton⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Grimes, Robert Albert⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Mason, Jack Leslie (#2)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Renfro, Alvin Everette⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Crew History
The Armstrong Crew joined the 545th BS at Wendover on 1 February 1943. Identified as "Crew #5" on the assignment order, they became the first "Crew #53" in the squadron. They trained at Wendover, Sioux City, and Kearney, and then flew to England together.Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
9⇗ | 24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
10⇗ | 25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 0810 hrs because of supercharger failure on #3 & #4 engines. Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
18⇗ | 27 August 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
19⇗ | 31 August 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #2, #3, and #4 engines very rough. Sortie Report⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Landed at Grafton Underwood. Sortie Report⇗ |
23⇗ | 9 September 1943 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
24⇗ | 16 September 1943 |
Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
25⇗ | 23 September 1943 |
Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Lead. Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑29768. Sortie Report⇗ |
26⇗ | 27 September 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 |
Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off High Squadron lead. Turned back, unable to keep up with formation due to lack of power. Sortie Report⇗ |
30⇗ | 9 October 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
31⇗ | 10 October 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3218⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑30033⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back. Landed away at Metfield. Sortie Report⇗ |
35⇗ | 5 November 1943 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑30033⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Turned back because of oxygen failure and #3 engine not operating properly; bombed a target of opportunity with unobserved results. Sortie Report⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France |
Navigator | 42‑5444⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Maj. Ketelsen Flight Leader Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑3492⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead; aircraft, and remaining unidentified crew, supplied by 482BG at Alconbury. Lecates (P) was formerly a 384th pilot: he had transferred to the 482nd after completing a combat tour. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑37816⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑30026⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, Wing Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead, 41st B Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
69⇗ | 2 March 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97532⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. PFF ship and crew provided by the 482nd BG. Gen. Robert F Travis, Commander, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, Molesworth, England, was aboard this aircraft as Flight Leader. Sortie Report⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97477⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41st Combat Bombardment Wing Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
80⇗ | 23 March 1944 |
Target: Airdrome and Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Gütersloh, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. Gen. Robert F Travis, Commander, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing (H), Molesworth, England, was aboard this aircraft as Flight Leader. Sortie Report⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 |
Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41st Combat Wing A lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
97⇗ | 27 April 1944 |
Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France |
Navigator | 42‑38208⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
99⇗ | 1 May 1944 |
Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France |
Navigator | 42‑97142 ⇗ |
Weather ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
106⇗ | 12 May 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑39766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy. PFF aircraft and unidentified crew members provided by 305th BG, Chelveston, AAF Station 105. Sortie Report⇗ |
118⇗ | 28 May 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
119⇗ | 29 May 1944 |
Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, Wing Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
254⇗ | 10 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Left formation 20 minutes prior to the IP, apparently due to flak damage. No communication was received from this aircraft regarding the abort. Crash site and fate of crew are unknown. MACR 11578 Sortie Report⇗ |