Elliott Leroy Gadd

Military
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. UPL 67034 UPL 67034 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 5 December 1943/5 December 1943, St.Jean D'Angely, Fr (Bridge).
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Harold Groh (N), Capt. James Martin-Vegue (N), Capt. James Kelly (P), Maj. Thomas Beckett (AC/CP), Capt. Charles Bonnett (B), 2nd Lt. Elliott Gadd (OBS/TG).
Front L-R: TSgt. Dennis Lane (BT), TSgt. Jerome Beaupre (RO), SSgt. Roland Killin (WG), TSgt. Leonard Nealis (TT), SSgt. Aloysius Mizgorski (WG).
546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group VIII Bomber Command 149 42-3441 Grafton Underwood Harold C Groh James Ray Martin-Vegue James Henry Kelly Thomas P Beckett Charles Daniel Bonnett Elliott Leroy Gadd Dennis J Lane Jerome B Beaupre Roland L Killin Leonard Martin Eugene Nealis Aloysius W Mizgorski On

Object Number - UPL 67034 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 5 December 1943/5 December 1943, St.Jean D'Angely, Fr (Bridge). Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Harold Groh (N), Capt. James...

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31740. Prisoner of War (POW).



Earlier 10/14/43 on return from Schweinfurt mission, B-17#42-29784 "Smilin'-Thru" crashed at Wiltshire with crew bailing out with all returning to duty.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Smilin' Thru" of the 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'AS 305BG. - TA Harkin. via C Norman.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Smilin-Thru
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 366th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Personnel of the 384th Bomb Group don their flight gear before a mission to Berlin in their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 24 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '313403.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin, 22/3/44, 231740.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3653, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 341, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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