Leroy T Elfert
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13876.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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- Date: 20 February 1945
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 17 February 1941 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Wilsnack, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 KIA MACR 13876. |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Son of Leroy Earnest Elfert. | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thurleigh | 10 April 1945 | Assigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Leige, Belgium Plot A Row 25 Grave 1 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database