Coy B Ellison
Military ROLL OF HONOURSnippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/24962
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Klled in action |
1 August 1943 | ||
Born |
McLean, Texas | ||
Buried |
Revisions
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
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