Elton Artilio Conda

Military

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24406

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: All American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron 414th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Jersey, USA 6 September 1920

Enlisted

Camden, New Jersey, USA 8 December 1941

Died

Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA 21 April 2006

Buried

Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA Saint Marys Episcopal Churchyard

Revisions

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Updated middle name and Added S/N per per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 94998289.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94998289/elton-a.-conda

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Added enlistment data from record on Ancestry.com.

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Aded birth, death, burial & rank info per Find-a-grave MEMORIAL ID 94998289.

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97th Bomb Group Association, Inc., Roster - June 1, 2000 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia