Albert R Eibel

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40342.jpeg UPL 40342 B-24 Liberator 42-95289 'Little Rollo' with Malone crew.

Standing L-R; Sgt Kieran P. Culliton, 2Lt Wallace R. Malone, 2Lt Jack H. Heuser, 2Lt Hulet Mack.

Kneeling L-R; Sgt Harry F. Stricklan, Sgt Robert L. Steeves, Sgt Albert R. Eibel, Sgt Thomas A. Strohaker, F/O James E. Sheets.

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Object Number - UPL 40342 - B-24 Liberator 42-95289 'Little Rollo' with Malone crew. Standing L-R; Sgt Kieran P. Culliton, 2Lt Wallace R. Malone, 2Lt Jack H. Heuser, 2Lt...

Killed in Action (KIA) Member of Wallace Malone's crew Had to land in the North Sea (notified Air Sea Rescue) plane broke in half on landing on the water. Strohker, the pilot Malone and the Bombardier Heuser were rescued.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

People

Wallace Ray Malone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50491

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron 707th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

42-95289

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Rollo
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ohio, USA 17 February 1923 Son of Audy F and Anna M Eibel.

Enlisted

Akron, OH 18 January 1943 Akron, Ohio

Died

North Sea 27 December 1944 Ditched in the North Sea (notified Air Sea Rescue) plane broke in half on landing on the water. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs.

Buried

Memorialised Saint Michaels Byzantine Catholic Cemetery Pleasant City, Guernsey County, OH

Based

Bungay 27 December 1944 Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Combat Sup  page 231  of 446th BG Book / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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