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SECOND LIEUTENANT LLOYD
LONDOWER EADLINE was born in Haddon Heights, New Jersey on March 4,
1922. He had lived at 9 Fraser Avenue in Collingswood NJ before entering
the Army Air Force. A fighter pilot, Lt. Eadline
was flying a P-51D Mustang, serial # 44-63248, designated HL-Y in
his squadron, when he was killed in action. It appears that after
attacking a ground target in Germany, his plane was hit by anti-aircraft
fire, forcing him to attempt to fly back to England short on fuel. The
last radio contact with Lieutenant Eadline states that he was bailing
out over the Zuider Zee. Although another plane searched the area, no
trace of Lieutenant Eadline was seen.
The Camden
Courier-Post reported in January of 1945 that Lt. Eadline had been cited
for completing 25 combat missions. One of four brothers in the service,
he was lost on February 24, 1945. His younger brother Allan
B. Eadline,
in the infantry in the Philippines, was killed in action four days
later. Lloyd Eadline had graduated high school in Phoenixville PA. Before
entering the service he worked for the Goodyear Rubber Company. He had
entered the Army in September 1942, qualified for the flight duty in
March, 1943. He graduated flight school and was
commissioned in January 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.
During his time in combat Lt. Eadline shot down at least one enemy
aircraft.
He
was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Eadline of the Fraser Avenue address,
and brothers George Eadline, a First Lieutenant with the Army Signal
Corps in Europe, and
RT2C Herbert S. Eadline, in the Navy. Herbert Eadline's
brother-in-law, Edgar
Crouthamel, was killed in a plane crash while serving with the Army
Air Force in England in 1944. |
