Eugene Kline Seifried
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Ball turret gunner on Agathe d' Aliermont V1 site mission in B-24J 42-99970 'Liberty Belle' 21-Jan-44; Suffered minor burns RTD. MACR 8174.
Crash landed at RAF Lympne, Kent on return from target Furth, Germany on 25-Feb-44 in B-24H 41-29231 'Impatient Virgin'. RTD.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063025 / O-675040
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lancaster County, PA | 13 November 1915 | Son of Ephraim and Anna K Seifried. |
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Enlisted |
Fort George G Meade, MD | 3 December 1941 | Fort George G Meade, Maryland |
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Other Survived belly landing |
Wingham, Kent | 21 January 1944 | Ball turret gunner on Agathe d' Aliermont V1 site mission in B-24J 42-99970 'Liberty Belle' 21-Jan-44; Suffered minor burns RTD. MACR 8174. |
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Other Survived crash landing |
Lympne, Kent | 25 February 1944 | Crash landed at RAF Lympne, Kent on return from target Furth, Germany on 25-Feb-44 in B-24H 41-29231 'Impatient Virgin'. RTD. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Miami, FL | 27 September 2003 | |
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Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8714, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces