Eugene Phillip Mench

Military
media-39706.jpeg UPL 39706 Men of the 96th BG, 339th BS, 3rd div., 45th CBW, Eighth Air Force taken while in training at Ardmore, Oklahoma June-Sept 1944

Left to Right are:
JAMES N. HENTGES (BOMBARDIER)
EUGENE P. MENCH (CO-PILOT)
MONROE S. DAVID (PILOT)

James N Hentges Collection

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Object Number - UPL 39706 - Men of the 96th BG, 339th BS, 3rd div., 45th CBW, Eighth Air Force taken while in training at Ardmore, Oklahoma June-Sept 1944 Left to Right...

POW crashed on 5 Dec 44 near Parchim in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644

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Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation
The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-825585
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37485045
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16023186
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-004614
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Weenie
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 5 December 1944

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 5 December 1944

Revisions

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ContributorMwatson72
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MACR 11343
Documents & scrapbook of James N Hentges

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ContributorMwatson72
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MACR 11343
Crew letters

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11343 / MACR 11343; Snetterton Falcons, pg 201 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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