Elmore Lathrop Austin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-54123.jpeg UPL 54123 Sgt Elmore L. Austin, 491BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54123 - Sgt Elmore L. Austin, 491BG.

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-24 42-110107 "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'm" 24-Aug-44; bailed out of A/C, captured and held overnight at Munster A/D.

Dispatched by rail for Oberusel, due to a bombed out rail line, marched on foot through Russelsheim, beaten to death by civilian mob 26-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8296



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6980369 / O-820907
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wham Bam Thank You Mam
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 24 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Enosburg Falls, VT 6 July 1925 Son of Wayne Ellis and Hildred Mae [Vadney] Austin.

Enlisted

Colchester, VT 23 October 1943 Colchester, Vermont

Other

Baled out

40 miles Nth Hanover 24 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-24 42-110107 "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'm" 24-Aug-44; Baled out of A/C, captured and held overnight at Munster A/D. MACR 8296

Died

Russelsheim, Germany 26 August 1944 Dispatched by rail for Oberusel, due to a bombed out rail line, marched on foot through Russelsheim, beaten to death by civilian mob 26-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

Russelsheim, Germany 27 August 1944 Interred Russelsheim cemetery

Based

Evaded

North Pickenham 24 August 1944 Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Maple Grove Cemetery Bakersfield, Franklin County, VT Re-Interred Maple Grove Cemetery Bakersfield, Franklin County, Vermont

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number 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 8296 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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