Elmer E Estle
MilitaryB-17G #42-39797 'Nancy M' salvaged probably due to battle damage on 13 Feb 1944. RTD. Shot down by fighters and crashed W of Eusweiler/Elsdorf after the crew baled out on a mission to the ball bearing works at Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31448 'Half Breed'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Half Breed
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Marion, Indiana, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3001 / MACR 3001, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database