Harvey Leonard Eakes
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Durham Morning Herald April 19 1944
Object Number - UPL 75163 - Newspaper clipping Eakes MIA
Harvey Eakes had enlisted before the entry of the US into the war. Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and flew some missions before being transferred to the USAAF – 78th Fighter Group/82nd Fighter Squadron. He was piloting P-47 #42-75602 on strafing attacks on German airfields in Germany on 5 April 1944. His Thunderbolt was shot down by Flak over Saint-Omer, France and crashed near Tatinghem. Killed In Action (KIA). The Missing Air Crew Report is mentioned as being MACR 3621, but no trace to be found…
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
14 August 1922 | Greene, Greene County, North Carolina | |
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Enlisted |
19 November 1942 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina | |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
5 April 1944 | in the crash of his P-47 #42-75602, south of Tatinghem, 3km SW of Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France | |
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Born |
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina | ||
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Other remains found |
his charred, unidentifiable remains were discovered by the Germans on the crash site and were buried at an unknown location | ||
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Buried |
After the war, Harvey Eakes' remains were transferred to the Normandy American Military Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France - Plot D – Row 28 – Grave 42 |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft Card
NARA Captured German Records : J-807 à https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131495392
ABMC website
Note : the A/C number is 42-75602 and not 42-76502...
Combined two entries for Harvey L Eakes. This entry now includes information from the following source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
NARA enlistment record: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=eake…
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/173636-kia-pilo…
ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
ABMC MACR 3621;losses of the 8th & 9th page 28 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3621 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
