DOB/DOD: August 14, 1917 (Norwalk, CT) – September 12, 1944; 27 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
LOCAL ADDRESS: 47 High Street and 38 Main Street, Norwalk
SERVICE NUMBER: O-816250
UNIT: 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group
FAMILY: Born to Martin G. (1890-1940) and Mary E. Millane Creagh (1895-1978). Two sisters, Catherine Creagh Slattery (1920-2006) and Anna May Creagh Kindilien (1924-1995). One brother, John “Jackie” (1920-1923).
DECORATIONS: Awarded the Air Medal (3 times) and the Purple Heart Medal.
CIRCUMSTANCES: Killed in Action (KIA) 12 September 1944 in B-17G 42-107085 ‘Little Chum.’ Eugene is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gilbert Creagh (Mary), Norwalk, Connecticut. He was reported as MIA on September 12, 1944. Per the War Department, First Lt Eugene Martin Creagh was piloting a B-17 bomber when he was unable to bail out before the bomber exploded in the air over Magdeburg, Germany. On September 26, 1945, Mrs. Mary E. Creagh received word from the War Department that Eugene was presumed dead.
The crew of Little Chum
Pilot: 1st Lt Eugene M. Creagh (Killed in Action), Norwalk, CT
Co-pilot: Capt Lucian C. Taylor; Abilene, TX (1920-2009)
Navigator: 1st Lt Don E. Nicholson; Moline, KS (1921-2023)
Bombardier: 2nd Lt Mitchell Boumkana; Omaha, NE (1921-1981)
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: TSG Carl K. Deitzler; Lebanon, PA (1924-2007)
Radio Operator: SSG Stanley W. Yaskiewicz; Johnson City, NY (1921-2002)
Ball turret gunner: SSG Robert A. Scanlon; Brooklyn, NY (1918-2001)
Photographer: SSG John B. O’Flarity Jr.; Tampa, FL (1923-1954)
Waist gunner: SSG George W. Wilkinson; Grainola, OK (1918-2000)
Tail gunner: SSG Paul L. Breitenstine; Collingswood, NJ (1924-1982)
Memorialized on a stone for the 388th Bomb Group at the junction between Fen Street and The Street Fen Street District, St. Edmundsbury, Coney Weston, Suffolk County, England. Link on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/UHwWAp1hakFK6DvXA
Lt Creagh is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Rte du Condroz 164, 4121 Neupré, Belgium; Section C, Row 10, Grave 51.
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