Raymond Phillips Elledge Jr
Military
Fighter Pilot
404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF
Shot down & captured
Object Number - UPL 38190 - MAJ Raymond P. Elledge, Jr. Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF Shot down & captured
Shot down on his 43rd combat mission
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sugar Land, Texas | 29 November 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Houston, Texas | 26 April 1941 | |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
in the vicinity of Amigny, France | 18 July 1944 | On the sixth and last mission of the day, which also was unable to bomb its target, seven miles northwest of St. Lo, Major Ray Elledge was hit by light flak which knocked out his engine. He went into a glide toward the gunners that had shot him down, strafing all the way, and bellied in. Slightly wounded, he was captured immediately by members of the Panzer Lehr Division, April 29, 1945, he and Gillespie were both "returned to military control." |
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Died |
Houston, Texas | 4 July 1995 | |
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Buried |
Houston, Texas | 7 July 1995 | Forest Park Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA |
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Other POW |
Moosburg, Germany | 21 April 1945 | Stalag 7a |
