Elbert Howard Swenson

Military
media-40510.jpeg UPL 40510 B-24 44-40458 'Picadilly Tilly' 34BG, 8AF. Lt Swenson and crew.

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Object Number - UPL 40510 - B-24 44-40458 'Picadilly Tilly' 34BG, 8AF. Lt Swenson and crew.

Assigned to 7BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 7th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group.

7th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-40458

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Picadilly Tilly
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron 4th Bomb Squadron 7th Bomb Squadron 861st Bomb Squadron 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Worcester, MA 20 October 1915

Enlisted

Worcester, MA 3 March 1941 Worcester Massachusetts

Other

Discharged USAAF

28 January 1947 Honourable discharge.

Died

Punta Gorda, FL 21 November 1998

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/167499890
https://www.fold3.com/record/3406266-elbert-h-swenson
https://www.fold3.com/record/83354855-elbert-h-swenson
https://www.fold3.com/record/618966644-elbert-swenson-1915
The Liberator Legend: The Plane and the People By Philip A. St. John
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188026665/elbert-howard-swenson

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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