Coy B Ellison

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-25409.jpeg UPL 25409 Coy B. Ellison, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/24962

Object Number - UPL 25409 - Coy B. Ellison, 93rd Bomb Group

Killed in Action (KIA) 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Here's To Ya' 41-24230.



Earlier on 2 December 1942 while transporting navigators to a school in Oxfordshire, main landing gear retracted upon landing. All crewmembers survived on B-24 41-23674



SS/ DFC/ AM

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jo-Jo's Special Delivery, Green Dragon
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hare's To Ya - Jo-Jo's Special Delivery
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

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Klled in action

1 August 1943

Born

McLean, Texas

Buried

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Sup;
- Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ABMC MACR 329, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 51 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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