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PERMAR, Everett Eugene - Date of
birth
24 February 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Dearborn County, Indiana -
Hometown
Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35497759 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
66th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
13 November 1943 - Place of
death
Ijsselmeer, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Leonard Permar (father)
Goldie Permar (mother)
Zelda Permar (sister)
Lillie M. Permar (sister)
Norma L. Permar (sister)
L. Leroy Permar (brother)
Anna L. Permar (wife)
Eugene Permar Jr. (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-40973 -
Data
Type: B-24
Nickname: Battleaxe
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1375
More information
T/Sgt Everett E. Permar graduated from Aurora High School in 1940.He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 12 October 1942. He graduated from the Technical Radio School and Gunner Schools in April and June 1943. He arrived overseas in in September 1943.
The squadron reported that at the IP, slight inaccurate flak was encountered at 24,000 feet, bombs were away at 1147 hours. Over the target, flak was slight and inaccurate and fighter opposition slackened due to support of P-38s.
From the target out to the coast, flak again was inaccurate, spasmodic.
This airplane was last seen flying in a diamond formation with the group to within 20 minutes from the English coast. One engine was smoking heavily, and the aircraft was gliding down under control. Air Sea Rescue Service was notified as soon as crews were interrogated, but there were no eyewitnesses to a ditching or crash of this aircraft. It seems most likely that they ditched, as later bodies of two crew members were found.
The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.44thbombgroup.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, Aurora Journal - Dec 2, 1943
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.statelib.lib.in.us/ - Justin Davis (Indiana Division Librarian), The Journal Press - 14 December 1944