Elton L Jenkins

Military
media-45641.jpeg UPL 45641 B-17 42-5341 'Vicious Virgin' and crew. 427BS, 303BG.

Rear L-R: Ingvald Iverson, Dick DuBell, Ed Woddrop, Elton Jenkins, Chas McClain.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Bill Valis, Unkn, Bill Watts.

Object Number - UPL 45641 - B-17 42-5341 'Vicious Virgin' and crew. 427BS, 303BG. Rear L-R: Ingvald Iverson, Dick DuBell, Ed Woddrop, Elton Jenkins, Chas McClain. Front L-R:...

1 December 1943 on return from mission to Solingen, Germany, B-17 #42-31243 ran out of fuel and ditched in the English Channel where ASR took them to Manston. 10 Returned to duty (RTD). Pilot was Allan Eckhart (or Eckart).

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

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Revisions

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

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Combat Chronology, Losses of Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 402 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbga.com/427eckhart.html#

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