Ellis Burnett McClintick
Military
Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.
Object Number - UPL 35361 - Norman T. Brown, Roy Holmberg and Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron.
Served in the Air Force for 30 years. Served as a navigator during the war. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel
Flew 35 missions as a navigator with the 390th BG.
Completed pilot training after the war and got 1000 hours on B-17s after 1945.
Legion of Meritw/2 ofc; Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster. EAME medal, DFC
Founding Member of the American Air Museum. Attended the opening in 1997.
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sequatchiee
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Lou
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reluctant
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 September 1944
- Date: 18 September 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 13 September 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 4 June 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 2 June 1944
- Official Description:
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bucklin, Missouri | 13 February 1922 | |
| Girard, Kansas | 30 January 1942 | ||
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Enlisted |
16 October 1942 | ||
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Other 390th Bomb Group Combat Tour |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 18 March 1944 - 25 October 1944 | Completed a 35 mission tour |
Revisions
Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.
Ellis told me details of his service at the 8th Air Force Reunion, Omaha, NE 14 Oct 2015
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self