Darter Eugene Francis

Monuments

S/SGT Eugene Darter -Lancasterdijk Pilots Memorial (95th Bomber Group)

Name:

Eugene Francis Darter

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

39541802

Unit:

412th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1943-12-16

State:

California

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Eugene Francis Darter was born on January 3, 1913 in Losa Angeles, Califronia. He was the son of Francis Michael Darter and Estelle Mary Oster Darter. He served in the US Army Air Forces as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on December 16, 1943 at the age of 30 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He also has a cenotaph located in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah County, Utah.

From www.americanairmuseum.com
Shot down 16 December 1943 in B-17 #4230255 'Lonesome Polecat II. ' KIA. He was 30 years old, an ex police, undercover officer, and the 'grandfather' to the crew. Plane crashed into North Sea. Seen going into the Wadden Sea.