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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Curtis I Eatman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Alabama

Honored By

Gene & Mary Moxley

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

FIRST LIEUTENANT. PILOT ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 782ND SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. HE LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY DUE TO THE LOSS OF TWO ENGINES ON A COMBAT MISSION TO THE MARSHALLING YARD AT SZOMBATHELY, HUNGARY ON 4 MARCH 1945. RETURNED BY RUSSIAN FORCES TO BARI, ITALY.