Eldridge C Duck Jr
MilitaryEldridge 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
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
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
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…;
MACR 8209 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database