Name:
Walter E. Eberly
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
33240653
Unit:
565th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-12-25
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium
Plot:
B
Row:
44
Grave:
28
Decoration:
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
Born 15 January 1922 in Lancaster, PA. He was the top turret gunner of the B-24 “King Size, 42-50612, which took off from Hethel Airbase in England on a mission to bomb an industrial zone in Wahlen-Kall, Germany. After successfully dropping their bombs, the King Size was attacked by German fighters and went into a spin and started burning. This caused them to fall behind their formation, and they were attacked again and crashed. Of the crew of nine, only two survived. Eberly bailed out of the plane too late for his parachute to open and he fell to his death.