Eugene Wesley Maben Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26259.jpeg UPL 26259 Lt. Eugene W Maben Jr, 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, killed in action 18th October 1943.

Corrected typo spelling of name.

Object Number - UPL 26259 - Lt. Eugene W Maben Jr, 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, killed in action 18th October 1943.

Killed in Action (KIA) on18-Oct-43 in P-47D #42-22532 [YF:N], 355FG/359FS. Aircraft last seen spinning at 15,000 feet near Mons, Belgium. Cause not determined, possibly anoxia. Aircraft crashed at Croix-lez-Rouveroy, Belgium. MACR 1050.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

27 January 1909 De Leon, Comanche County, Texas

Enlisted

23 March 1942 San Antonio, Texas

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

18 October 1943 Killed when his aircraft entered a spin and crashed at Croix-lez-Rouveroy, Belgium. Cause not determined.
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas

Buried

Eugene Maben rests at Plot A, Row 39, Grave 26.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Associated media with airman

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NARA WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft Cards
MACR 1050
ABMC website

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Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 1050;
Lee Cunningham 7-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Added SN and KIA event per MACR 1050; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Lee Cunningham 7-Jul-2015. Flagged as DUPLICATE from original data ingest because last name was included with middle initial. COMBINED into a single entry as Eugene W. Maben, Jr.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 1050 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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