Eugene Earl Hamblin
Military
42-31613
UPL 60235
B-17 42-31613 'Sharon Kay'
Rear L-R: Eugene E Hamblin, Donald E Bennett, Clement “Clem” J Dreyer, Fred J Michel, George Brassovan Jr, Jack Sorkin.
Front L-R: Carl W Coker, Ed Stapleton, James H McIlroy, Donald D Merrick.
Rear L-R: Eugene E Hamblin, Donald E Bennett, Clement “Clem” J Dreyer, Fred J Michel, George Brassovan Jr, Jack Sorkin.
Front L-R: Carl W Coker, Ed Stapleton, James H McIlroy, Donald D Merrick.
Assigned to 325BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Force landing in B-17 42-31613 Sharon Kay. RTD
Failed to Return (FTR) Merkwiller, France in B-17 42-31408. Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mandan, ND | 21 January 1921 | Born Mandan, North Dakota |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 3 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
Other Discharged |
29 October 1945 | Discharged Cloverdale, California | |
Died |
3 June 1974 | Died Reno, Nevada | |
Buried |
6 June 1974 | Interred Lincoln Cemetery Lincoln, Placer County, California |