Benjamin Franklin Elliott Jr
MilitaryBenjamin Elliott was pilot of Mustang P-51 42-106790 on a Bomber support mission 27 April 1944 to V-weapons sites in the Pas-de-Calais area, NE France. Engine failure. Last seen about 5 miles North of Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium. Crashed 2km South of Bersée, between Bersée and Faumont, 12km NE of Douai, Nord Department, France. Prisoner of War (POW). Interned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Missing-Air Crew Report - MACR 4332.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Bailed out |
27 April 1944 | of Mustang P-51 #42-106790 due to engine failure, near Douai, France | |
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Other Landed in parachute |
27 April 1944 | Near Faumont, Nord Department, France | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 April 1944 | Captured in the Faumont Forest, in the area of the crash. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW records:”Returned to Military Control 9 June 1945.” |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4332 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
NARA WWII POW Records
MACR 4332
NARA Captured German Records : J-922 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131496038
and J-1061 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131497179
MACR 4332 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database