Elbert Okey Price

Military

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Gilze-Rijen in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine' 19-Aug-43; shot down, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 285



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lauren Howard Quillen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18071114 / O-738242
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5392

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stric Nine : City of Albuquerque
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Summers, WV 23 November 1914 Son of Nettie E Price.

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 1 October 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana

Other

Ditched POW

Off Hook of Holland 19 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Gilze-Rijen in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine' 19-Aug-43; shot down, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. POW MACR 285

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 19 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Other

Discharged USAAF

9 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

19 October 1998

Buried

Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL 22 October 1998 Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida

Based

Austria 19 August 1943 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/708531766/price-elbert-o-us-veterans-grave…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1093226/elbert-okey-price

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Removed a space in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" section.
Added S/N and POW camp info from POW records at the National Archives.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 285 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database