Eldred Jerome Andruss
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 39558 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peter Wabbit" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1943."
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 10 x combat missions. Flew Kassel raid 28-Jul-43, lost control cables on B-17 42-29974 by flak damage.
Crash landed in B-17 42-5822 at Norfolk RAF base returning crew with 4 crew members wounded.
Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid in B-17 42-29830 'Peter Wabbit' 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17003932 / O-731702
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Peter Wabbit
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dangerous Dan
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Maggie
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hag of Harderwyck
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Seymour, Texas, USA | 18 July 1913 | Dr George Wesley and Georgia Lee [Johnson] Andruss |
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Enlisted |
Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, TX | 23 January 1942 | Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, Texas |
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Died |
Dorrebach, Germany | 17 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid in B-17 42-29830 'Peter Wabbit' 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany KIA MACR 1350 |
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Buried |
Dorrebach, Germany | 18 August 1943 | Interred Dorrebach cemetery |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kimbolton | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Masonic Cemetery Seymour, Baylor County, TX | Memorialised Masonic Cemetery Seymour, Baylor County, Texas |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1350 / MACR 1350, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 204, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database