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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Karl A. Eisele, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Madison, Wisconsin

Honored By

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

BOMBARDIER/NAVIGATOR ON B-24 AIRCRAFT, 409TH BOMB SQUADRON, 93RD BOMB GROUP, 2ND AIR DIVISION, EIGHTH AIR FORCE. STATIONED AT HARDWICK, ENGLAND. HIS ORIGINAL CREW WAS LOST AND HE FLEW ON OTHER CREWS UNTIL ON HIS 20TH MISSION (JANUARY, 1945) TO HAMBURG. PLANE WAS HIT BY FLAK AND CRASH LANDED IN FALUN, SWEDEN AND WAS 'INTERNED' FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR. HE WAS RELEASED AT THE END OF THE WAR AND RETURNED TO UNITED STATES MAY, 1945.