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Personal info

Full name
DRAKE, Euel Thomas
Date of birth
26 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Cullman, Cullman County, Alabama
Hometown
Morgan County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
14108227
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
730th Bombardment Squadron,
752nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1944
Place of death
Rengerhausen, Einbeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 17 4

Immediate family

Members
William A. Drake (father)
Nora (Whilhite) Drake (mother)
Marie Drake (sister)
Sarah F. Drake (sister)
William H. Drake (brother)
Wallace A. Drake (brother)
Betty L. Drake (sister)
Frances D. Drake (sister)
Franklin Drake (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-39985
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Duchess of Fubar
Destination: Brunswick
MACR: 3551

More information

S/Sgt Euel Drake enlisted on 22 July 1942 at Fort Mc Clellan, Alabama.

His aircraft was attacked by 20 FW-190 fighters and crashed at Rengerhausen. He was killed by flak fragment in the chest when his turret received a direct hit. He was buried in the NW corner of the Old Graveyard in Rengershausen and reinterred at Margraten on 4 June 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII enlistment Record,
www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, http://books.google.be, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Vicki Hann, Des Philippet, www.fold3.com