John D Ellis
Military ROLL OF HONOURRob Edwards added connections: BG, BS, Holling and McGinley, aircraft
Killed in Action (KIA) or KIS 12 August 1944. Aircraft aborted raid to Juvicour Airfield due to weather and crashed with full bomb load near Cheshunt. Possibly collided with 398th BG B-17. Pilot Ellis credited by locals with keeping his plane in the air long enough to prevent crash into the town. Road in Cheshunt named 'Lieutenant Ellis Way' in his honor.
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lucky Lass II
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Cheshunt, UK | 12 August 1944 | At Maxwell Farm, Cheshunt, Herts, UK |
Born |
California | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Added John D Ellis' name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.
ABMC/ Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Diary/ Photos provided by anonymous British vistor 7 September 2002 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia