Eldridge C Duck Jr

Military

Eldridge C Duck was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) on 24 August 1944. H was shot down by fighters and crashed at Leipzig in B-17 #4338146.



He died, aged 90, in his home state of Florida, on 5 September 2014.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 24 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pensacola Heights, Bellview, FL 32526, USA 1 August 1924

Enlisted

Camp Blanding, 5629 State Road 16 West Bldg 2300 Avenue A, Starke, FL 32091, USA 17 June 1943
619 Wilson Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32507, USA 17 June 1943 Listed as his next-of-kin: Allie Duck, 619 N. Watson Avenue, Pensacola, FL

Based

Chelveston 1 August 1944

Died

5 September 2014

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 August 1944

Buried

Whitmire Cemetery, Pensacola, FL 32514, USA
Pensacola, FL, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Combined two entries for Eldridge C Duck. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8209

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Checked the MACR and Eldridge C Duck was taken prisoner not Killed in Action as this record previously stated. Also, removed location 'Warren, Minnesota, USA' for Born event as enlistment record says he was born in Florida. See MACR 8209.

Enlistment record: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=…

Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=duck&GSfn=eldridg…;

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 8209 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database