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Maurice Eugene Eigler

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Maurice Eugene Eigler Veteran

Birth
Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, USA
Death
27 Mar 1944 (aged 23)
Burial
Greene County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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My 4th cousin 3 times removed.

never married

2nd Lt, Army Air Corps WW2. 793rd BS, 468th Bomb Gp, 58th BW, 20th AF. Co-Pilot on "Lethal Lady" B-29. 793rd Bomber Squadron 468th Bomber.

Lethal Lady B-29 was lost over the Arabian Sea / Bay of Bengal. Seekatz, a radio operator aboard another B-29 received an urgent radio call from Lethal Lady B-29 at 20:30, but the message was never transmitted. While returning from the mission, other B-29 crew members saw an airplane explode and land on the sea at roughly 11 degrees 17'
N, 94 degrees 14' E approximately 75 miles off Andaman Islands. On Mar 27, 1944 he KIA. The entire crew was officially declared dead on March 27, 1946. Memorialized on the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.
My 4th cousin 3 times removed.

never married

2nd Lt, Army Air Corps WW2. 793rd BS, 468th Bomb Gp, 58th BW, 20th AF. Co-Pilot on "Lethal Lady" B-29. 793rd Bomber Squadron 468th Bomber.

Lethal Lady B-29 was lost over the Arabian Sea / Bay of Bengal. Seekatz, a radio operator aboard another B-29 received an urgent radio call from Lethal Lady B-29 at 20:30, but the message was never transmitted. While returning from the mission, other B-29 crew members saw an airplane explode and land on the sea at roughly 11 degrees 17'
N, 94 degrees 14' E approximately 75 miles off Andaman Islands. On Mar 27, 1944 he KIA. The entire crew was officially declared dead on March 27, 1946. Memorialized on the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.


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