Russell F Ellis

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Had mid air collision and crashed at Offilin on 7/28/44 in B-17 #4297555



POW

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Aircraft

Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '59089 A.C. PFF planes such as these flying high above German targets were able to see covered objectives thousands of feet below mirrored as small clusters of light in the screen of the Mickey instrument which they caried. The revolving micro-wave antenna which sends out and picks up impulses is housed in the covered "blister" in back of the bomb ba

42-97555

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Island F For Fox
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Everett, Washington, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 28 July 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7880 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database