Elton L Jenkins
Military
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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.
Rear L-R: Ingvald Iverson, Dick DuBell, Ed Woddrop, Elton Jenkins, Chas McClain.
Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Bill Valis, Unkn, Bill Watts.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
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#