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EATON, Thomas E - Date of
birth
1924 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Illinois -
Hometown
Lawrence County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-741892 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
525th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 January 1944 - Place of
death
Daegeling, County Steinburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 4 | 46 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Flaurice E. Eaton (father)
Helen Eaton (mother)
Betty Eaton (sister)
George Eaton (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31093 -
Data
Nickname: Deacon´s Sinners
Type: B-17G
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 1944
More information
On January 5, 1944, the 379th was dispatched to hit the port facilities at Kiel, Germany. A/C 42-31093, Deacon´s Sinners was rammed by an ME-109 after the bomb run, and the airplane blew up and disintegrated.Thomas was found dead and initially buried on 7 January 1944 at the cemetery Muensterdor, Row 2, Grave 4/7.
8 Of the crewmembers were killed in action, 2 were taken prisoner of war.
1st Lt Thomas E. Eaton first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block O, Row 5, Grave 104.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Alan Tomasi, Merced Army Flying School - Class 43D