Ellis J Andras

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 27830 - Ellis J Andras

Ellis Andras served as copilot with the 306 Bomb Group, flying missions out of Thurleigh, England. On the last mission [31 December 1943] of Lt. Charles O. Smith, crashed his plane near Stevenage, southeast of Bedford and east of Luton, when he ran out of gas and had lost his radios. Lt. Andras was seriously injured, suffering a fractured skull. All but two of the crew had cuts and scratches. Andras was taken to Diddington hospital. Losses notes burial Jan 4, 1944, but First states 30 Sept.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31327

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Orleans, LA, USA 11 September 1921

Enlisted

Livingston, LA 70754, USA 3 July 1942 At Camp Livingston

Died

Diddington, Saint Neots PE19, UK 3 January 1944
Avoyelles Parish, LA, USA

Buried

Marksville, LA, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=ell…

Findagrave record: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65932446

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / First Over Germany: A History of the 306th Bombardment Group pg. 185, Combat Crews pg. 104

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