Carroll Bernard McElroy
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 53454 - Capt Carroll B McElroy, 4FG.
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Signalled flight his intention to RTB, turned for home, not seen after. Shot down in Ostend area. POW. 31-May-44. MACR 5670.
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Served in Korea (335th FS/4th FIW) and Vietnam. Retired Lt Col.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Idaho, USA | 23 October 1916 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 May 1944 - 31 May 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 31 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Sandbergen on 31 May 44 in P-51 42-103609 |
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Other Shot down |
8400 Ostend, Belgium | 31 May 1944 | Signalled flight his intention to RTB, turned for home, not seen after. Shot down in Ostend area. POW. 31-May-44. MACR 5670. |
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Died |
Auburn, CA, USA | 27 June 1995 | |
| Moscow, ID, USA | |||
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA. |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 5670
MACR 5670 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
